Improved assessment and treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms: The use of 3D reconstructions as a surgical guidance tool in endovascular repair

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-328

  Doyle, B J ^a   Grace, P A ^a,b   Kavanagh, E G ^a,b   Burke, P E ^a,b   Wallis, F ^a,b   Walsh, M T ^a   McGloughlin, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Endovascular repair; Surgical planning

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; STENT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WALL STRESS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77249110316     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-009-0318-4     Document Type: Article

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