Detection of occult endoleaks after endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm using magnetic resonance imaging with a blood pool contrast agent: Preliminary observations

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 548-553

  Cornelissen, Sandra A P ^a   Prokop, Mathias ^a   Verhagen, Hence J ^b   Adriaensen, Miraude E ^c   Moll, Frans L ^d   Bartels, Lambertus W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

abdominal aortic aneurysm; blood pool contrast agent; endoleak; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOFOSVESET;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOLEAK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 77955469033     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3181e992ac     Document Type: Article

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