Color duplex ultrasonography is insensitive for the detection of endoleak after aortic endografting: A systematic review

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-305

  Ashoke, Roy ^a   Brown, Louise C ^a   Rodway, Alex ^a   Choke, Edward ^b   Thompson, Matthew M ^b   Greenhalgh, Roger M ^a   Powell, Janet T ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Computed tomography; Duplex ultrasonography; Endoleak; Endovascular repair; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTERY GRAFT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMBASE; ENDOLEAK; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANGIOSCOPY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 20444485179     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/04-1479R.1     Document Type: Review

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