Sensitivity and specificity of CT in the diagnosis of inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysms

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1006-1012

  Iino, Misako ^a,b   Kuribayashi, Sachio ^a   Imakita, Satoshi ^a   Takamiya, Makoto ^a   Matsuo, Hiroshi ^a   Ookita, Yutaka ^a   Ando, Motomi ^a   Ueda, Hatsue ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Aorta; Computed tomography; Inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; REPAIR; SURGERY;

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; AORTA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ABILITY; ILIAC ARTERIES; INFLAMMATORY ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; RETROSPECTIVE SURVEYS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL REPAIR;

DIAGNOSIS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTOINTESTINAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THICKNESS;

EID: 0036870094     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200211000-00026     Document Type: Article

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