Factors associated with small abdominal aortic aneurysm expansion rate

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 44-50

  Bhak, Rachel H ^a,b   Wininger, Michael ^a,b,c   Johnson, Gary R ^a,b   Lederle, Frank A ^d   Messina, Louis M ^e   Ballard, David J ^f   Wilson, Samuel E ^f,g,h  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921666028     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.2025     Document Type: Article

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