Concepedia

Publication | Closed Access

Aortic diameter as a function of age, gender, and body surface area.

167

Citations

0

References

1993

Year

W H Pearce, Mark S. Slaughter, Scott A. LeMaire, A. Neil Salyapongse, Joe Feinglass, Walter J. McCarthy, James S.T. Yao
PubMed

Abstract

AD at a given level is a function of gender, age, and BSA. When these variables are known, it is possible to calculate an expected AD. The AD is greater at all levels in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms and in men compared with women.