| Literature DB >> 17976505 |
Nicolas Diehm1, Florian Dick, Thomas Schaffner, Juerg Schmidli, Christoph Kalka, Stefano Di Santo, Jan Voelzmann, Iris Baumgartner.
Abstract
The patient with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) commonly is a nondiabetic, white man with a history of smoking. Moreover, AAA represents a leading cause of death in elderly men in Western countries. The purpose of this manuscript is to review current evidence as to the pathobiology of AAA as well as potential future drug targets to prevent progression of AAA.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 17976505 DOI： 10.1016/j.pcad.2007.05.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Prog Cardiovasc Dis ISSN： 0033-0620 Impact factor: 8.194