Positron emission tomography (PET) evaluation of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 431-436

  Sakalihasan, N ^a   Van Damme, H ^a   Gomez, P ^b   Rigo, P ^a   Lapiere, C M ^a   Nusgens, B ^a   Limet, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b St Joseph Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm, abdominal; Metalloendopeptidases; Tomography, emission computed

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTA RUPTURE; BACKACHE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SCINTISCANNING; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0036582392     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2002.1646     Document Type: Article

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