Is three-dimensional computed tomography reconstruction justified before endovascular aortic aneurysm repair?

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 443-447

  Sprouse II, L Richard ^a   Meier III, George H ^a,b   Parent, F Noel ^a   Demasi, Richard J ^a   Stokes, Gordon K ^a   Lesar, Christopher J ^a   Marcinczyk, Michael J ^a   Mendoza, Bernardo ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Vascular and Transplant Specialists P C   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA BIFURCATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THROMBUS;

ANGIOPLASTY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4444334717     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2004.06.024     Document Type: Article

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