Feeding arteries of the spinal cord at CT angiography before and after thoracic aortic endografting

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 639-649

  Von Tengg Kobligk, Hendrik ^a   Böckler, Dittmar ^b   Jose, Tania M ^a   Ganten, Marika ^a   Kotelis, Drosos ^b   Nagel, Simon ^b   Giesel, Frederik L ^a   Kirchin, Miles A ^c   Delorme, Stefan ^a   Schumacher, Hardy ^d   Allenberg, Jens Rainer ^b   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Bracco Imaging SpA   (Italy)

^d Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artery of Adamkiewicz; Endovascular aneurysm repair; Multidetector CTA; Posterior intercostal artery; Spinal cord; Stent graft; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENDOGRAFT; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INJECTION; MALE; MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PARAPLEGIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERIES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

EID: 35348958879     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550(2007)14[639:FAOTSC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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