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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound after endovascular aortic repair-current status and future perspectives.
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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound after endovascular aortic repair-current status and future perspectives.

  • Partovi S 1 Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA ; 2 Department of Angiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland ; 3 Department of Medicine, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, 4 Department of Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
  • Kaspar M 1 Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA ; 2 Department of Angiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland ; 3 Department of Medicine, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, 4 Department of Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
  • Aschwanden M 1 Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA ; 2 Department of Angiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland ; 3 Department of Medicine, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, 4 Department of Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
  • Lopresti C 1 Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA ; 2 Department of Angiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland ; 3 Department of Medicine, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, 4 Department of Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
  • Madan S 1 Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA ; 2 Department of Angiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland ; 3 Department of Medicine, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, 4 Department of Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
  • Uthoff H 1 Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA ; 2 Department of Angiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland ; 3 Department of Medicine, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, 4 Department of Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
  • Imfeld S 1 Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA ; 2 Department of Angiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland ; 3 Department of Medicine, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, 4 Department of Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
  • Staub D 1 Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA ; 2 Department of Angiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland ; 3 Department of Medicine, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, 4 Department of Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
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  • 2015-12-18
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  • Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy. - 2015
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)
abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
endovascular aortic repair (EVAR)
English An increasing number of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are undergoing endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) instead of open surgery. These patients require lifelong surveillance, and the follow-up imaging modality of choice has been traditionally computed tomography angiography (CTA). Repetitive CTA imaging is associated with cumulative radiation exposure and requires the administration of multiple doses of nephrotoxic contrast agents. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) has emerged as an alternative strategy in the follow-up of patients with EVAR and demonstrates high sensitivity and specificity for detection of endoleaks. In fact, a series of studies have shown that CEUS is at least performing equal to computed tomography for the detection and classification of endoleaks. This article summarizes current evidence of CEUS after EVAR and demonstrates its usefulness via various patient cases.
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