Prevalence of previously undiagnosed abdominal aortic aneurysms in the area of Como: the ComoCuore “looking for AAA” ultrasonography screening

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1213-1217

  Corrado, Giovanni ^a   Durante, Alessandro ^a   Genchi, Vincenzo ^b   Trabattoni, Loris ^c   Beretta, Sandro ^d   Rovelli, Enza ^e   Foglia Manzillo, Giovanni ^a   Ferrari, Giovanni ^e  

^a Ospedale Generale Valduce   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

^c Department of Radiology   (Switzerland)

^d Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^e Como Cuore Onlus ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Screening; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA BIFURCATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IONIZING RADIATION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; VERY ELDERLY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84969850901     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-016-0911-3     Document Type: Article

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