Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 1 , Pages 27-33 , January 2004

Time-resolved magnetic resonance angiography as a noninvasive method to characterize endoleaks: initial results compared with conventional angiography

Presented at the Fifty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery, Chicago, Ill, Jun 8-11, 2003.

  • Robert A Lookstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Interventional Radiology , New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Robert A. Lookstein, MD, Mount Sinai Medical Center, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1234, New York, NY 10029, USA
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  • Jeffrey Goldman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, , New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Lev Pukin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Interventional Radiology , New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Michael L Marin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

Received 9 June 2003 ,Accepted 29 September 2003.

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☆ Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(03)01411-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2003.09.035

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 1 , Pages 27-33 , January 2004

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