Debate: Whether evidence supports reducing the threshold diameter to 5 cm for elective interventions in women with abdominal aortic aneurysms

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1695-1701

  Vavra, Ashley K ^a   Kibbe, Melina R ^a   Bown, Matthew J ^b   Powell, Janet T ^c   Forbes, Thomas L ^d   Ross Naylor, A ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SURGICAL RISK; ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84925224957     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2014.07.022     Document Type: Article

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