Predictive value of peak systolic velocity for the development of graft limb complications after endovascular aneurysm repair

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 428-433

  Karthikesalingam, Alan ^a   Kumar, Sharanya ^a   Anandarajah, Janakan J ^a   Hinchliffe, Robert J ^a   Poloniecki, Jan D ^a   Thompson, Matt M ^a   Holt, Peter J ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Duplex ultrasound; Endovascular aneurysm repair; Graft limb; Limb kinking; Limb occlusion; Reintervention; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT LIMB COMPLICATION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LIMB DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE GRAFT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 84864540183     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: 15451550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/11-3739MR.1     Document Type: Article

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