Surveillance Imaging Following Endovascular Aneurysm Repair

Nirnimesh Pandey; Harold I. Litt

doi:10.1055/s-0035-1556878

Seminars in Interventional Radiology, Table of Contents

Semin intervent Radiol 2015; 32(03): 239-248
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1556878

Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.

Surveillance Imaging Following Endovascular Aneurysm Repair

Authors

Nirnimesh Pandey

¹Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Harold I. Litt

²Department of Radiology, Cardiovascular Imaging Section, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Abstract

There is a significant risk of complication following endovascular abdominal repair (EVAR), including endoleak, graft translocation, thrombosis, and infection. Surveillance imaging is important for detecting EVAR complication. Surveillance modalities include conventional X-ray, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, and conventional angiography, with inherent advantages and drawbacks to each modality. The authors present common complications following EVAR, and recent advances in the key modalities for surveillance.

Keywords

abdominal aortic aneurysm - endovascular aneurysm repair - surveillance imaging - endoleak - interventional radiology

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