Efficacy of ultrasound scan contrast agents in the noninvasive follow-up of aortic stent grafts

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 381-385

  Bendick, Phillip J ^a   Bove, Paul G ^a   Long, Graham W ^a   Zelenock, Gerald B ^a   Brown, O William ^a   Shanley, Charles J ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENT; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0037329016     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2003.17     Document Type: Article

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