Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening program using hand-held ultrasound in primary healthcare

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Sisó Almirall, Antoni ^a   Kostov, Belchin ^a   González, Marta Navarro ^a   Salami, Daniel Cararach ^a   Jiménez, Alfonso Pérez ^a   Soleâ, Rosa Gilabert ^b   Saumell, Concepció Bru ^b   Bach, Lluís Donoso ^b   Martí, Mireia Villalta ^a   Paz, Luis González De ^a   Riera, Rafael Ruiz ^a   Alonso, Vicenç Riambau ^c   Acar Denizli, Nihan ^d   Almacellas, Marta Farré ^c   Ramos Casals, Manuel ^c   Àreu, Jaume Benavent ^a  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d MIMAR SINAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPH; ECHOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SPAIN; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; URBAN AREA; VERY ELDERLY; ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CORONARY DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POINT-OF-CARE TESTING; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85018340913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176877     Document Type: Article

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