Advances in imaging and surveillance of AAA: When, how, how often?

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-12

  Rudarakanchana, Nung ^a   Powell, Janet T ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Growth; Imaging; Latitude; Screening; Surveillance intervals

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; INTERLEUKIN 2; IODINE; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE; ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

AAA; ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT; CTA; GROWTH; IMAGING; LATITUDE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MASS; MRA; MULTICENTRE ANEURYSM SCREEN STUDY; SCREENING; SURVEILLANCE INTERVALS; UK; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM; US;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84883051153     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: 18731740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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