EJVES Extra
Volume 15, Issue 5 , Pages 37-38 , May 2008

Prevalence of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Chinese Coronary Artery Disease Patients

J.-A. Wang
- Division of Cardiology, No.2 Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou 310009, P.R. China
- Corresponding author. J-A. Wang, Division of Cardiology, No.2 Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou 310009, P.R. China. Tel.: +86 13805786328; fax: +86 571 87783688.
- These authors contributed equally to this work.
X.-F. Chen
- Division of Cardiology, No.2 Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou 310009, P.R. China
- Division of Cardiology, Taizhou Hospital, Wenzhou Medical College, Taizhou, 317000, Zhejiang, P.R. China
- These authors contributed equally to this work.
W.-F. Yu
- Division of Cardiology, No.2 Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou 310009, P.R. China
H. Chen
- Division of Cardiology, No.2 Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou 310009, P.R. China
X.-M. Liu
- Department of Medical Ultrasonics, No.2 Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou 310009, P.R. China
X.-F. Lin
- Division of Cardiology, Taizhou Hospital, Wenzhou Medical College, Taizhou, 317000, Zhejiang, P.R. China
L.-J. Tang
- Division of Cardiology, Taizhou Hospital, Wenzhou Medical College, Taizhou, 317000, Zhejiang, P.R. China
J.-J. Jiang
- Division of Cardiology, Taizhou Hospital, Wenzhou Medical College, Taizhou, 317000, Zhejiang, P.R. China
L. Dong
- Division of Cardiology, No.2 Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou 310009, P.R. China
J. Jiang
- Division of Cardiology, No.2 Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou 310009, P.R. China

Received 2 May 2008 ,Accepted 10 June 2008.

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