Prevalence of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in the General Population and in Subgroups at High Cardiovascular Risk in Italy. Results of the RoCAV Population Based Study

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 633-639

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Cardiovascular diseases; Epidemiology; Mass screening; Risk assessment; Vascular diseases

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; BODY MASS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SMOKING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85042658307     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2018.01.008     Document Type: Article

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