Ultrasound Surveillance of Endovascular Aneurysm Repair: A Safe Modality versus Computed Tomography

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 671-675

  Collins, John T ^a   Boros, Michael J ^a   Combs, Kristin ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HERNIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 35548993746     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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