Five Year Natural History of Screening Detected Sub-Aneurysms and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in 70 Year Old Women and Systematic Review of Repair Rate in Women

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 802-809

  Soderberg P ^a,b,c   Wanhainen, A ^a   Svensjo S ^a,b,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Centre for Clinical Research (CKF)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Mass screening; Smoking; Ultrasonography; Women

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLAUDICATION; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ILIAC ARTERY ANEURYSM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SMOKING; SUB ANEURYSM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; SEX FACTOR; TIME FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85017387007     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2017.02.024     Document Type: Article

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