Fate of endoleaks detected by CT angiography and missed by color duplex ultrasound in endovascular grafts for abdominal aortic aneurysms

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 490-495

  AbuRahma, Ali F ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Color duplex ultrasound; Computed tomographic angiography; Endoleak; Endovascular repair

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 33748864627     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/06-1874R.1     Document Type: Article

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