CT appearance of thoracic aortic graft complications

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1273-1277

  Sundaram, Baskaran ^a   Quint, Leslie Eisenbud ^a   Patel, Smita ^a   Patel, Himanshu J ^a   Deeb, G Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Cardiovascular imaging; CT; CT angiography; Postoperative complications; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA GRAFT; AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; AORTOPULMONARY SEPTAL DEFECT; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT INFECTION; HERNIA; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THORACIC AORTA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247552651     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.1654     Document Type: Article

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