Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: Categorization of sonographic findings and report of 3 new signs

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1077-1083

  Catalano, Orlando ^a   Siani, Alfredo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal aorta; Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Rupture; Sonography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM WALL INTERRUPTION; LUMINAL THROMBUS INHOMOGENEITY; RUPTURED ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM (AAA);

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM DEFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM WALL HYPOECHOIC FOCUS; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOATING THROMBUS; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PARAAORTIC HYPOECHOIC AREA; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; TECHNIQUE; THROMBUS;

EID: 23044471790     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.8.1077     Document Type: Article

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