Abdominal aortic aneurysms

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 371, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 2101-2108

  Kent, K Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DOXYCYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVERTICULITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; VASCULAR STENT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; PROCEDURES; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84915749393     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp1401430     Document Type: Article

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