Clinical significance of endoleak detected on follow-up CT after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 808-813

  Hong, Cheng ^a   Heiken, Jay P ^b   Sicard, Gregorio A ^c   Pilgram, Thomas K ^b   Bae, Kyongtae T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Angiography; Aortic aneurysm; Arteries; CT; Graft; Prosthesis

Indexed keywords

IOVERSOL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEVICE; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROGNOSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 51349107932     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3668     Document Type: Article

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