Impact of aortoiliac tortuosity on endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms: Evaluation of 3D computer-based assessment

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 594-599

  Wolf, Yehuda G ^a   Tillich, Manfred ^a   Lee, W Anthony ^a   Rubin, Geoffrey D ^a   Fogarty, Thomas J ^a   Zarins, Christopher K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGE; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035489379     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2001.118586     Document Type: Article

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