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Abdominal aortic aneurysm: a preventable cause of death?
D B Reid1, G H Welch, J G Pollock
1Unit for Peripheral Vascular Surgery, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, UK.
Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
|October 1, 1990
Abstract:
Abdominal aortic aneurysm as a cause of death may be preventable by surgery. This paper reviews current theories of aetiology, incidence and detection with particular reference to population screening for aneurysm and to reducing the operative mortality rate by detecting the correctable risk factors of surgical treatment.