Costs in follow-up of endovascularly repaired abdominal aortic aneurysms. Magnetic resonance imaging with MR angiography versus EUROSTAR protocols

International Angiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-42

  Engellau, Lena ^a   Albrechtsson, U ^a   Hojgard S ^b   Norgren, I ^b   Larsson, E M ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Angiography; Aortic aneurysm, abdominal; Costs and cost analysis; Kidney diseases, chemically induced; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tomography, emission computed

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADODIAMIDE; IOHEXOL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0038386389     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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