Imaging of complications after endoluminal treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms.
Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm is becoming a valuable alternative to open surgery in selected patients. With the recognition of this new treatment, however, many complications, some of them life-threatening, are reported. Imaging plays a major role in the detection of these complications. This article reviews the role of imaging techniques in the detection of these complications.
Golzarian
J
J
Department of Radiology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 808, Route de Lennik, 1070 Brussels, Belgium. jgolzari@ulb.ac.be
Struyven
J
J
D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D015607:Stents; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed