Duplex ultrasound in aneurysm surveillance following endovascular aneurysm repair: a comparison with computed tomography aortography

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-65

  Manning, Brian J ^a   O'Neill, Sean M ^a   Haider, Syed N ^a   Colgan, Mary P ^a   Madhavan, Prakash ^a   Moore, Dermot J ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; REOPERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 58549097442     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.07.079     Document Type: Article

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