Evaluation of angiography as the sole imaging study for the proximal aortic neck prior to EVAR

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 166-170

  Badger, Stephen A ^a   Arya, Nityanda ^a   Loan, William ^a   Soong, Chee V ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aneurysm repair; Angiography; Computerised tomography; Endovascular

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; STENT;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73349101376     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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