Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 802-807 , October 2008

More patients are treated for nonruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms, but the proportion of women remains unchanged

  • Emma Larsson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Emma Larsson, MD, Department of Vascular Surgery, N2:06, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Fredrik Granath, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Jesper Swedenborg, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Rebecka Hultgren, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Received 19 February 2008 ,Accepted 4 May 2008.

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 Financial support was provided through the Regional Agreement on Medical Training and Clinical Research (ALF) between Stockholm County Council and the Karolinska Institutet, and by the European Society of Vascular Surgery.

 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)00730-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.05.016

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 802-807 , October 2008

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