Abdominal aortic aneurysms with high thrombus signal intensity on magnetic resonance imaging are associated with high growth rate

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 676-684

  Nguyen, V L ^a,b   Leiner, T ^c   Hellenthal, F A M V I ^a   Backes, W H ^a,b   Wishaupt, M C J ^a,b   Van Der Geest, R J ^d   Heeneman, S ^a   Kooi, M E ^a,b   Schurink, G W H ^a,b,e  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Aneurysm growth; Magnetic resonance imaging; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSOAS MUSCLE; REVIEW; ABDOMINAL AORTA; DISEASE COURSE; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; THROMBOSIS; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84919451168     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2014.04.025     Document Type: Article

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