Endoleak after endovascular aneurysm repair: Duplex ultrasound imaging is better than computed tomography at determining the need for intervention

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1012-1018

  Schmieder, Greg C ^a   Stout, Christopher L ^a   Stokes, Gordon K ^a   Parent, F Noel ^a   Panneton, Jean M ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUE;

ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 70350475525     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.06.021     Document Type: Article

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