Dynamic Aortic Changes in Patients with Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms Evaluated with Electrocardiography-Triggered Computed Tomographic Angiography before and after Thoracic Endovascular Aneurysm Repair: Preliminary Results

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 291-297

  van Prehn, Joffrey ^a   Bartels, Lambertus W ^b   Mestres, Gaspar ^c   Vincken, Koen L ^b   Prokop, Mathias ^a   Verhagen, Hence J M ^a,d   Moll, Frans L ^a   van Herwaarden, Joost A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORACIC AORTA SURGERY;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67349127334     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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