Assessing the potential risk of rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-20

  Khan, S ^a   Verma, V ^a   Verma, S ^b   Polzer, S ^c   Jha, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA WALL; ARTERY DIAMETER; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SMOKING; SURGICAL RISK; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOSIS;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84916638248     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2014.09.016     Document Type: Review

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