Utility of CT angiography for evaluation of living kidney donors

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 1 II, 1999, Pages 104-107

  Slakey, Douglas P ^a,c   Florman, S ^a   Lovretich, J ^b   Zarifian, A A ^a   Cheng, S S ^a  

^a Tulane Multi Organ Transplant Center   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MPH Transplant Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

CT angiography; Helical computed tomography; Kidney transplant; Laparoscopic nephrectomy; Living donor

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANATOMY; ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; URETER;

EID: 0033023988     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0012.1999.130107.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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