Use of spiral computerized tomography in lieu of angiography for preoperative assessment of living renal donors

Journal of Urology

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1769-1775

  Kaynan, Ayal M ^a   Rozenblit, Alla M ^a   Figueroa, Katherine I ^a   Hoffman, Seth D ^a   Cynamon, Jacob ^a   Karwa, Gattu L ^a   Tellis, Vivian A ^a   Lerner, Seth E ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Kidney transplantation; Renal artery; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY ANGIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; KIDNEY DONOR; LIVING DONOR; NEPHRECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; VENOUS RETURN;

EID: 0032866747     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)68796-4     Document Type: Article

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