Toward endografting of the ascending aorta: Insight into dynamics using dynamic cine-CTA

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 551-560

  Van Prehn, Joffrey ^a   Vincken, Koen L ^b   Muhs, Bart E ^c   Barwegen, Gijsbrecht K W ^a   Bartels, Lambertus W ^b   Prokop, Mathias ^a   Moll, Frans L ^a   Verhagen, Hence J M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aortic arch; Aortic motion; Aortic pulsation; Ascending thoracic aorta; Dynamic computed tomographic angiography; Stent graft; Thoracic endograft; Thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair; Thoracic pulsation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA GRAFT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CAROTID ARTERY; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THORACIC AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34848827207     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550(2007)14[551:TEOTAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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