Abdominal aortic aneurysm: Contrast-enhanced US for missed endoleaks after endoluminal repair

Radiology

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 217-225

  Napoli, Vinicio ^a   Bargellini, Irene ^a   Sardella, Savino G ^a   Petruzzi, Pasquale ^a   Cioni, Roberto ^a   Vignali, Claudio ^a   Ferrari, Mauro ^a   Bartolozzi, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aneurysm, aortic; Aneurysm, CT; Digital subtraction angiography, comparative studies; Ultrasound (US), Doppler studies; Ultrasound (US), harmonic study

Indexed keywords

IODIXANOL; NITINOL; POLITEF; POLYESTER; STAINLESS STEEL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 4644350819     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2331031767     Document Type: Article

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