Gaps in preoperative surveillance and rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms among Medicare beneficiaries

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 583-588

  Mell, Matthew W ^a   Baker, Laurence C ^a,b   Dalman, Ronald L ^a   Hlatky, Mark A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTOGRAPHY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84894570691     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2013.09.032     Document Type: Article

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