Prevalence of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) in a Population Undergoing Computed Tomography Colonography in Canterbury, New Zealand

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 199-205

  Khashram, M ^a   Jones, G T ^b   Roake, J A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; CT colonography; New Zealand; Prevalence; Screening

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC AORTA; THORACOABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; VASCULAR STENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX RATIO; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938417718     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2015.04.023     Document Type: Article

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