Contrast harmonic imaging ultrasound and perfusion imaging for surveillance after endovascular abdominal aneurysm repair regarding detection and characterization of suspected endoleaks

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 119-128

  Pfister, K ^a   Rennert, J ^a   Uller, W ^a   Schnitzbauer, A A ^a   Stehr, A ^a   Jung, W ^b   Hofstetter, P ^a   Zorger, N ^a   Kasprzak, P M ^a   Jung, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Endoleak; Endovascular abdominal aneurysm repair; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOMEPROL; SONOVUE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; AORTA PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST HARMONIC IMAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 69449104117     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2009-1226     Document Type: Article

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