Duplex ultrasound scanning (DUS) versus computed tomography angiography (CTA) in the follow-up after EVAR

Angiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-136

  Badri, Hassan ^a   El Haddad, Mohammed ^a   Ashour, Hamdy ^a   Nice, Colin ^a   Timmons, Grace ^a   Bhattacharya, Vish ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography angiography; Duplex ultrasound; Endoleak; Endovascular aneurysm repair; Follow up; Sac size

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 76649114342     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319709348296     Document Type: Article

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