Intermediate Follow-Up after Endovascular Aneurysm Repair: Can We Forgo CT Scanning in Certain Patients?

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 663-670

  Tomlinson, Jared ^a   McNamara, JoAnne ^a   Matloubieh, Jubin ^a   Hart, Joseph ^a   Singh, Michael J ^a   Davies, Mark G ^a   Rhodes, Jeffrey M ^a   Illig, Karl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35548929023     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.07.015     Document Type: Article

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