Adjunctive Use of C-Arm CT May Eliminate Technical Failure in Adrenal Vein Sampling

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1102-1105

  Georgiades, Christos S ^a   Hong, Kelvin ^a   Geschwind, Jean Francois ^a   Liddell, Robert ^a   Syed, Labib ^a   Kharlip, Julia ^a   Arepally, Aravind ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL BLOOD FLOW; ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTISOL STIMULATION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SUPRARENAL VEIN; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ALDOSTERONE; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548252885     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.06.018     Document Type: Article

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