Perivascular inflammatory reaction to a hemobahn stent-graft: Diagnosis with 3D MR angiography

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 912-916

  Juergens, Kai Uwe ^a   Tombach, Bernd ^a   Reimer, Peter ^a   Vestring, Thomas ^a   Heindel, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Polytetrafluoroethylene; Postimplantation syndrome; Prosthetic graft reaction; Soft tissue edema

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEPARIN; INDOMETACIN; POLITEF;

AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; STENTS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0036997638     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550(2002)009<0912:PIRTAH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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