title: Computed tomographic angiography of endovascular abdominal aortic stent-grafts.
abstract: The treatment of aortic abdominal aneurysms with endovascular repair provides a treatment alternative for high-risk surgical candidates. Computed Tomographic Angiography (CTA) has become the preferred imaging modality for preoperative evaluation of abdominal aortic aneurysms, postoperative assessment of endovascular repair and complications, and long term surveillance. Accurate evaluation of these devices and identification of endoleaks and other complications by the radiologist is critical to assuring successful outcomes.
authors.affiliation: San Francisco Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, USA. judy.yee@radiology.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yee
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Galdino
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sawhney
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011300:Preoperative Care; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D012307:Risk Factors; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D019737:Transplants