Editor's Choice - Pharmaceutical Management of Small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: A Systematic Review of the Clinical Evidence

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 702-713

  Kokje, V B C ^a   Hamming, J F ^a   Lindeman, J H N ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Clinical trial; Medical management; Pharmaceutical management

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MACROLIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84947320126     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2015.08.010     Document Type: Review

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