MDCT angiography in abdominal aortic aneurysm treated with endovascular repair: Diagnostic impact of slice thickness on detection of endoleaks

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1414-1420

  Iezzi, Roberto ^a   Cotroneo, Antonio Raffaele ^a   Filippone, Antonella ^a   Di Fabio, Francesca ^a   Santoro, Marco ^a   Storto, Maria Luigia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysms; Aorta; CT angiography; CT technique; Grafts; Stents; Vascular imaging

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOLEAK; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 36448973049     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.1116     Document Type: Article

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