The validity of current vascular imaging methods in the evaluation of aortic anastomotic aneurysms developing after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 537-545

  Bastounis, Elias ^a,b   Georgopoulos, Sotiris ^a,b   Maltezos, Chrisostomos ^a,b   Balas, Panayotis ^a,b  

^a Laiko General Hospital ^*  (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030480946     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02000442     Document Type: Article

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