Prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms and its relation with cardiovascular risk stratification: Protocol of the Risk of Cardiovascular diseases and abdominal aortic Aneurysm in Varese (RoCAV) population based study

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Gianfagna, Francesco ^a,b   Veronesi, Giovanni ^a   Bertù, Lorenza ^a   Tozzi, Matteo ^a,c   Tarallo, Antonino ^c   Ferrario, Marco M ^a,c   Castelli, Patrizio ^a   Mara, Lorenzo ^a   Montonati, Andrea ^a   Franchin, Marco ^c   Angrisano, Alessandro ^c   Tadiello, Marco ^c   Quarti, Luca M ^c   Tagliabue, Ilaria ^c   Buscarini, Elena ^c   Farioli, Valeria ^c   Sala, Girolamo ^c   Agrusti, Sonia ^c   Colombo, Alessandro ^c   Ferraro, Stefania ^c   Rivolta, Nicola ^c   Piffaretti, Gabriele ^c   Borchini, Rossana ^c   Conti, Marco ^c   Maio, Ramona C ^c   Andreotta, Ursula ^c   Ruspa, Martina ^c   Turetta, Laura ^c   Abate, Tiziana ^c   Rossi, Simona ^c   Ghiringhelli, Mariapia ^c   Quadrini, Federica ^c   Facchinetti, Nadia ^c   Dashi, Oriana ^c   Mombelli, Silvia ^c   Mazzoleni, Davide ^c   Martignoni, Maria P ^c   Caravati, Gabriele ^c   De Luca, Giancarlo ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; ABI; Cardiovascular risk; Diet; Electrocardiography; Population based study; PWV; Screening; Spirometry; Vascular diseases

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULSE WAVE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPIROMETRY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPIROMETRY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85000898359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12872-016-0420-2     Document Type: Article

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