Algorithm for the diagnosis and treatment of endoleaks

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-231

  Karch, Laura A ^a   Henretta, John P ^a   Hodgson, Kim J ^a   Mattos, Mark A ^a   Ramsey, Don E ^a   McLafferty, Robert B ^a   Sumner, David S ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ALGORITHM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EXTRAVASATION; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0032851452     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)00155-5     Document Type: Article

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