Imaging surveillance following endovascular aneurysm repair

Seminars in Interventional Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-16

  Shah, Anand ^a   Stavropoulos, S William ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Computed tomography; Endoleak; Endovascular aneurysm repair; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 63149160635     PISSN: 07399529     EISSN: 10988963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1208378     Document Type: Review

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