Imaging techniques for detection and management of endoleaks after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair

Radiology

Volumn 243, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 641-655

  Stavropoulos, S William ^a   Charagundla, Sridhar R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITINOL;

ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTIFACT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

AORTIC ANEURYSM; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; STENTS;

EID: 34249025208     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2433051649     Document Type: Review

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