Assessment of aortic pathology and peripheral arterial disease using multidetector computed tomographic angiography

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 583-598

  Lin, Peter H ^a,c   Bechara, Carlos ^a   Kougias, Panagiotis ^a   Huynh, Tam T ^a   LeMaire, Scott A ^a,b   Coselli, Joseph S ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dynamic imaging; Multidetector CT angiography; Peripheral arterial disease; Thoracic aortic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISEASE; ARTERY DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; REVIEW;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RENAL ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58149095958     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574408320029     Document Type: Review

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