Routine evaluation of abdominal aorta diameter at the end of transthoracic echocardiography in hypertensive patients. Why not?

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2013 Oct;14(10):748-9. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32835e34d2.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aorta, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aorta, Abdominal / pathology
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / etiology
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / pathology
  • Dilatation, Pathologic
  • Echocardiography*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Hypertension / diagnostic imaging*
  • Predictive Value of Tests