2000 ARRS Gold Medal Exhibit:
Multi-slice Helical Computed Tomography in the Pre- and Post-Operative Assessment of Endovascular Stent Grafting for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

5/15/00

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Endovascular stent-grafting is a new treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). The treatment is less invasive than and used instead of conventional open repair, especially in patients with significant co-morbid conditions.

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70-year-old man with AAA and right lower extremity claudication...MSHCT yields fine detail axial images (below). The thin collimation combined with a high mAs allows for good quality multi-planar reformats (middle) as well as angiography-quality maximum intensity projection images (far right).

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Only metal parts of stent-graft are visible on CT

Pre-op

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Limitations of CT Angiography in evaluation of patients for endovascular repair of AAA

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Author:
Jonas Rydberg, M.D. (Radiology)
Kenyon Kopecky, M.D. (Radiology)
Stephen G. Lalka, M.D. (Surgery)
Mathew S. Johnson, M.D. (Radiology)
Scott A. Persohn, R.T. (Radiology)
Michael C. Dalsing, M.D. (Surgery)
Delores F. Cikrit, M.D. (Surgery)
Alan P. Sawchuck, M.D. (Surgery)

Email: jrydberg@iupui.edu

Home Page: http://www.indyrad.iupui.edu

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2000 ARRS Gold Medal Exhibit:Multi-slice Helical Computed Tomography in the Pre- and Post-Operative Assessment of Endovascular Stent Grafting for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

5/15/00

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2000 ARRS Gold Medal Exhibit:
Multi-slice Helical Computed Tomography in the Pre- and Post-Operative Assessment of Endovascular Stent Grafting for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm