Screening of COPD patients for abdominal aortic aneurysm

PURPOSE: Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in “men aged over 65 years who have ever smoked” is a recommended policy. To reduce the number of screenings, it may be of value to define subgroups with a higher prevalence of AAA. Since chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and AAA are...

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Autores principales: Flessenkaemper, Ingo H, Loddenkemper, Robert, Roll, Stephanie, Enke-Melzer, Kathrin, Wurps, Henrik, Bauer, Torsten T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4468935/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26089658
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S81439

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