Ultrasonographic surveillance with selective CTA after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-104

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Computed tomography; Duplex ultrasound; Endoleak; Endovascular aneurysm repair; Stent graft; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DESCENDING AORTA SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 61449186559     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/08-2508.1     Document Type: Article

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