Duplex Ultrasound Scanning is Reliable in the Detection of Endoleak Following Endovascular Aneurysm Repair

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 537-541

  Sandford, R M ^a   Bown, M J ^a   Fishwick, G ^a   Murphy, F ^a   Naylor, M ^a   Sensier, Y ^a   Sharpe, R ^a   Walker, J ^a   Hartshorn, T ^a   London, N J ^a   Sayers, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Endoleak; Endovascular; Follow up

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSIMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANEURYSM; ANGIOPLASTY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; EVALUATION STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 33749319393     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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