Adequate seal and no endoleak on the first postoperative computed tomography angiography as criteria for no additional imaging up to 5 years after endovascular aneurysm repair

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1503-1511

  Gonçalves, Frederico Bastos ^a,b   Van De Luijtgaarden, Koen M ^a   Hoeks, Sanne E ^a   Hendriks, Johanna M ^a   Raa, Sander Ten ^a   Rouwet, Ellen V ^a   Stolker, Robert J ^a   Verhagen, Hence J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARTA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TIME;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880803115     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.11.085     Document Type: Article

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