Follow-up of Endovascular Aneurysm Repair: Plain Radiography, Ultrasound, CT/CT Angiography, MR Imaging/MR Angiography, or What?

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Kranokpiraksa, Pawanrat ^a   Kaufman, John A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE B; PLASMIN; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOLEAK; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 43849106769     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2008.03.009     Document Type: Review

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