Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair: Literature Review With Emphasis on the Role of Multidetector Computed Tomography

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 247-264

  Johnson, Pamela T ^a   Black, James H ^a   Zimmerman, Stefan L ^a   Fishman, Elliot K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE TRAUMATIC THORACIC AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DESCENDING THORACIC AORTA; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; GRAFT INFECTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PARAPLEGIA; PATHOLOGY; PENETRATING ATHEROSCLEROTIC ULCER; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIOLOGIST; RETROGRADE TYPE A AORTA DISSECTION; RISK FACTOR; STENT; STROKE; THORACIC AORTA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TYPE B AORTA DISSECTION;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; HUMANS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861370276     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: 15585034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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