Evaluating outcomes of endoleak discrepancies between computed tomography scan and ultrasound imaging after endovascular abdominal aneurysm repair

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-100

  Nagre, Shardul B ^a   Taylor, Steven M ^a   Passman, Marc A ^a   Patterson, Mark A ^a   Combs, Bart R ^a   Lowman, Bruce G ^a   Jordan Jr , William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EVALUATION; EXPLANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 78650423582     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2010.08.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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