Meta-analysis of peak wall stress in ruptured, symptomatic and intact abdominal aortic aneurysms

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1350-1357

  Khosla, S ^a   Morris, D R ^a   Moxon, J V ^a   Walker, P J ^c   Gasser, T C ^d   Golledge, J ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA RUPTURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLE SIZE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84907935335     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9578     Document Type: Review

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