A systematic review of protocols for the three-dimensional morphologic assessment of abdominal aortic aneurysms using computed tomographic angiography

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-24

  Ghatwary, Tamer M H ^a   Patterson, Benjamin O ^a   Karthikesalingam, Alan ^a   Hinchliffe, Robert J ^a   Loftus, Ian M ^a   Morgan, Robert ^a   Thompson, Matt M ^a   Holt, Peter J E ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Computerized tomography angiography; Endovascular repair; Morphologic assessment; Systematic review; Three dimensional imaging

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM VOLUME; AORTOILIAC TORTUOSITY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; EMBASE; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDLINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL ANEURYSM NECK ANGULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872676794     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-011-0296-6     Document Type: Review

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