Update: Complications and management of infrarenal EVAR

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 541-551

  Liaw, J V P ^a   Clark, M ^a   Gibbs, R ^a   Jenkins, M ^a   Cheshire, N ^a   Hamady, M ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Complication; Endovascular

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC ANEURYSMS; COMPLICATION; ENDOVASCULAR; IMAGING MODALITY; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; STENT GRAFTS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTERY INJURY; BLEEDING; COLON ISCHEMIA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIGRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; STENOSIS; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; STENTS;

EID: 69849086135     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.05.015     Document Type: Review

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