Maximum diameter measurements of aortic aneurysms on axial CT images after endovascular aneurysm repair: Sufficient for follow-up?

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1182-1189

  Baumueller, Stephan ^a   Nguyen, Thi Dan Linh ^a   Goetti, Robert Paul ^a   Lachat, Mario ^a   Seifert, Burkhardt ^b   Pfammatter, Thomas ^a   Frauenfelder, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diameter measurements; Endovascular aneurysm repair; Follow up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84856706812     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-010-9992-x     Document Type: Article

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