Is it time to eliminate CT after EVAR as routine follow-up?

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-198

  Verhoeven, E L G ^a,c   Oikonomou, K ^a   Ventin, F C ^a   Lerut, P ^b   Fernandes E Fernandes, R ^c   Mendes Pedro, L ^c  

^a KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

^b Groeninge Hospital   (Belgium)

^c University Medical School   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Endovascular procedures; Radiation

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG COST; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEPHROTOXICITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RADIATION DOSE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENT;

AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 79957655798     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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