Long-term follow-up after endovascular aneurysm repair: Is ultrasound alone enough?

Perspectives in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 145-151

  Bakken, Andrew M ^a   Illig, Karl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal aortic aneurysm; EVAR; outcomes; surveillance; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT MIGRATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 78650221312     PISSN: 15310035     EISSN: 15310027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1531003510382664     Document Type: Article

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