Evaluation of abdominal aortic aneurysm after endovascular repair: Prospective validation of contrast-enhanced US with a second-generation US contrast agent

Radiology

Volumn 264, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 269-277

  Gilabert, Rosa ^a   Buñesch, Laura ^a   Real, María Isabel ^a   García Criado, Ángeles ^a   Burrel, Marta ^a   Ayuso, Juan Ramón ^a   Barrufet, Marta ^a   Montaña, Xavier ^a   Riambau, Vicenç ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUOROCARBON; IOHEXOL; IOPROMIDE; SONOVUE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; KAPPA STATISTICS; LUMBAR ARTERY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDOLEAK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862682983     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12111528     Document Type: Article

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