Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms: Analysis of aneurysm volumetric changes at mid-term follow-up

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 426-433

  Bargellini, Irene ^a   Cioni, Roberto ^a   Petruzzi, Pasquale ^a   Pratali, Alessandro ^a   Napoli, Vinicio ^a   Vignali, Claudio ^a   Ferrari, Mauro ^a   Bartolozzi, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Aneurysm sac volume; Endoleaks; Endovascular repair

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 24044441611     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-004-0171-9     Document Type: Article

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