May-Thurner syndrome complicated by acute iliofemoral vein thrombosis: Helical CT venography for evaluation of long-term stent patency and changes in the iliac vein

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 751-757

  Jeon, Ung Bae ^a   Chung, Jin Wook ^b   Jae, Hwan Jun ^b   Kim, Hyo Cheol ^b   Kim, Sang Joon ^b   Ha, Jongwon ^b   Park, Jae Hyung ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CT venography; Deep venous thrombosis; May Thurner syndrome; Stent; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAPSE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; MALE; MAY THURNER SYNDROME; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN OCCLUSION; VEIN THROMBOSIS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC USE; FEMORAL VEIN; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; ILIAC VEIN; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECURRENCE; STENTS; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL; IOPROMIDE;

EID: 77956808980     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2793     Document Type: Article

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