Incidence of highly important extravascular findings detected on CT angiography of the abdominal aorta and the lower extremities

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1630-1634

  Naidu, Sailen G ^a   Hara, Amy K ^a   Brandis, Aaron R ^a   Stone, William M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; CT; Lower extremity; Peripheral vascular diseases

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COLON CARCINOMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEG; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; IOHEXOL; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 77953259425     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3538     Document Type: Article

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