Ultrasound imaging of abdominal aortic aneurysms: Diagnosis of aneurysms and complications and follow-up after endovascular repair;Sonografie des Abdominellen Aortenaneurysmas: Diagnose, Erkennen von Komplikationen und Nachkontrolle nach Endovaskulärer Therapie

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 528-543

  Schuster, H ^a   Dunser E ^a   Osinger, K ^a   Bergmayr, W ^a   Fischer Scholz, U ^a   Richter, W ^a   Mostbeck, G H ^a,b  

^a WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b Institut F Röntgendiagnostik   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; REVIEW;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; RENAL ARTERY;

EID: 72149120612     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1109913     Document Type: Review

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