Abdominal aortic aneurysm: Treatment options, image visualizations and follow-up procedures

Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-60

  Sun, Zhong Hua ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Computed tomography; Follow up; Stent graft; Treatment; Visualization

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOSCOPY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; KIDNEY ARTERY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLITEF IMPLANT; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRTUAL INTRAVASCULAR ENDOSCOPY;

EID: 84860609451     PISSN: 16715411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1263.2012.00049     Document Type: Review

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