Endovascular treatment of thoracic aortic diseases: Follow-up and complications with multi-detector computed tomography angiography

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 365-376

  Iezzi, Roberto ^a   Cotroneo, Antonio Raffaele ^a   Marano, Riccardo ^a   Filippone, Antonella ^a   Storto, Maria Luigia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

CT angiography; Endovascular treatment; Stent graft; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DETECTOR CIRCUITS; ENDOCRINOLOGY;

PROCEDURAL COMPLICATIONS; STENT GRAFTS; THORACIC AORTIC DISEASES;

PULMONARY DISEASES;

AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; CORONARY STENT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39449122239     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.09.022     Document Type: Article

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