Do Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Necks Increase in Size Faster after Endovascular than Open Repair?

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 685-693

  Rodway, A D ^a   Powell, J T ^a   Brown, L C ^a   Greenhalgh, R M ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm, Abdominal; Endoluminal repair; Image processing, Computer assisted; Tomography, X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 43549115462     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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