Outcome of the Swedish Nationwide abdominal aortic aneurysm screening program

Circulation

Volumn 134, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 1141-1148

  Wanhainen, Anders ^a   Hultgren, Rebecka ^b   Linné, Anneli ^b   Holst, Jan ^c   Gottsäter, Anders ^c   Langenskiöld, Marcus ^d   Smidfelt, Kristian ^d   Björck, Martin ^a   Svensjö, Sverker ^a,e   Lyttkens, Linda ^a   Pihl, Ewa ^e   Wetterling, Tomas ^h   Kjellin, Per ⁱ   Eliasson, Ken ^j   Wellander, Erik ^k   Narbani, Azin ^l   Skagius, Elisabet ^m   Hollsten, Alexandra ^m   Welander, Martin ^o   Länne, Toste ^p   Fröst, Bibbi ^q   Korman, David ^r   Persson, Sven Erik ^s   Sigvant, Birgitta ^b,t   Troëng, Thomas ^f,u   Palm, Markus ^v   Ansgarius, Eva ^w   Gilgen, Nils Peter ^x   Sjöström, Christina ^y   Gidlund, Khatereh Djavani ^y   Danielsson, Peter ^f   Bersztel, Adam ⁿ   Jonasson, Tomas ^g   more..

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f Health Centre Nyhem   (Sweden)

^g CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁱ HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^k Lanssjukhuset Ryhov   (Sweden)

^l Visby Hospital   (Sweden)

^m Sundsvall County Hospital   (Sweden)

ⁿ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^o LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^p LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^q Oskarshamn District Hospital   (Sweden)

^r ÖSTERSUND HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^s UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^t CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^u Blekinge County Council   (Sweden)

^v SUNDERBY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^w Kullbergska County Hospital   (Sweden)

^x Mälar Hospital Eskilstuna   (Sweden)

^y GÄVLE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

more..

Author keywords

aneurysm; aorta; cost benefit analysis; prevention and control; screening; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SWEDEN; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; HEALTH SURVEY; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84988640466     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.022305     Document Type: Article

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