Editor's choice: Five-year outcomes in men screened for abdominal aortic aneurysm at 65 years of age: A population-based cohort study

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 37-44

  Svensjo S ^a,b   Bjorck M ^a   Wanhainen, A ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Mass screening; Smoking; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLAUDICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SMOKING; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; MASS SCREENING; SMOKING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84891924777     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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