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Familial abdominal aortic aneurysms in the Otago region of New Zealand.
Cardiovascular surgery (London, England) - 1 Jun 2001
Rossaak J I, Hill T M, Jones G T, Phillips L V, Harris E L, van Rij A M
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PURPOSE: To investigate the familial incidence and phenotypic characteristics of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) in the Otago region of New Zealand. METHODOLOGY: A retrospective audit based pilot study and a prospective study of patients having abdominal aortic aneurysm repair from September 1988 to September 1999 was performed. RESULTS: 248 probands were enrolled, of which 19.4% had one or more...
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