Value of MDCT angiography in developing treatment strategies for critical limb ischemia

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1416-1424

  Schernthaner, Rüdiger ^a   Fleischmann, Dominik ^b   Stadler, Alfred ^a   Schernthaner, Melanie ^a   Lammer, Johannes ^a   Loewe, Christian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic critical limb ischemia; CT angiography; Treatment decisions; Vascular imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; VASCULAR SURGERY; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65649094484     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1078     Document Type: Article

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