Aorta, Abdominal

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 64-section multidetector CT of the upper abdomen: optimization of a saline chaser injection protocol for improved vascular and parenchymal contrast enhancement. 
  • A Big Headache: An Unusual Case of Hypertensive Urgency in an Adolescent. 
  • A comparison of the efficacy and safety of iopamidol-370 and iodixanol-320 in patients undergoing multidetector-row computed tomography. 
  • Abdominal and obstetric applications of a dynamically focused phased array real time ultrasound system. 
  • Abdominal aortic aneurysms: CT evaluation of renal artery involvement. 
  • Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging on ex vivo abdominal aortic aneurysm model. 
  • Acute aortic abnormalities. 
  • An evaluation of new methods of expressing aortic aneurysm size: relationship to rupture. 
  • Animal models in the research of abdominal aortic aneurysms development. 
  • Aorta and iliac arteries: single versus multiple detector-row helical CT angiography. 
  • Aorta-to-pulmonary vein fistula in an asymptomatic 25-year-old man. 
  • Aortocaval fistula complicating abdominal aortic aneurysm: case report and literature review. 
  • Ascending thoracic aorta: postoperative imaging evaluation. 
  • Automated quantification of aortoaortic and aortoiliac angulation for computed tomographic angiography of abdominal aortic aneurysms before endovascular repair: preliminary study. 
  • Bronchopulmonary foregut malformations presenting as mass lesions in children: spectrum of imaging findings. 
  • Calcium-activated potassium channels mask vascular dysfunction associated with oxidized LDL exposure in rabbit aorta. 
  • Changes in aneurysm volume after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm. 
  • Concomitant Thoracic Aortobifemoral Bypass With Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. 
  • Concomitant aortic and renal artery reconstruction in patients on an intensive antihypertensive medical regimen: long-term outcome. 
  • Dual-energy multi-detector row CT with virtual monochromatic imaging for improving patient-to-patient uniformity of aortic enhancement during CT angiography: an in vitro and in vivo study. 
  • Dynamic helical CT of the abdomen: prospective comparison of pre- and postprandial contrast enhancement. 
  • Elderly man with syncope. Aortoenteric fistula. 
  • Endovascular stenting of the abdominal aorta following renal transplantation. 
  • Evaluation of Intraindividual Contrast Enhancement Variability for Determining the Maximum Achievable Consistency in CT. 
  • Flattening the abdominal aortic tree for effective visualization. 
  • Helical (spiral) CT of the retroperitoneum. 
  • Hemodynamic stress and experimental aortoiliac atherosclerosis. 
  • Hemodynamics simulation and identification of susceptible sites of atherosclerotic lesion formation in a model abdominal aorta. 
  • Induction of angiotensin converting enzyme in the neointima after vascular injury. Possible role in restenosis. 
  • Inhibition of NADPH oxidase by apocynin attenuates progression of atherosclerosis. 
  • Intraoperative autotransfusion in aortic surgery. 
  • Introducing a novel experimental model of bladder transplantation in mice. 
  • Kissing stents in the aortic bifurcation. 
  • MDCT imaging of the aorta and peripheral vessels. 
  • Magnetic resonance imaging diagnosis of Takayasu arteritis. 
  • Management of abdominal aortic graft complications. 
  • Measurement of the aorta and its branches with helical CT. 
  • Mid-aortic syndrome and renovascular hypertension in a 14-year-old Iraqi girl: pitfalls in diagnosis and surgical management. 
  • Midabdominal aortic coarctation presenting with severe pre-eclampsia. 
  • Near-infrared spectrometry of abdominal aortic aneurysm in the ApoE-/- mouse. 
  • Operative management of coexistent aortic disease and horseshoe kidney. 
  • PlasmaKinetic bipolar vessel sealing: burst pressures and thermal spread in an animal model. 
  • Prediction of aortoiliac stent-graft length: comparison of measurement methods. 
  • Prevention of ischemically induced neointimal hyperplasia using ex vivo antisense oligodeoxynucleotides. 
  • Primary aortoduodenal fistula caused by severe atherosclerosis, not by aneurysm. 
  • Quantitative determination of age-related geometric changes in the normal abdominal aorta. 
  • Recognition and management of major vessel injury during laparoscopy. 
  • Relation between near-wall residence times of monocytes and early lesion growth in the rabbit aorto-celiac junction. 
  • Relation between non-uniform hemodynamics and sites of altered permeability and lesion growth at the rabbit aorto-celiac junction. 
  • Right and left ventricular performance during and after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. 
  • Serum Calprotectin as a Novel Biomarker in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Pathogenesis and Progression: Preliminary Data from Experimental Model in Rats. 
  • Severity of renal vascular disease predicts mortality in patients undergoing coronary angiography. 
  • Spiral (helical) CT of the renal vasculature. 
  • Subclinical Atherosclerosis, Statin Eligibility, and Outcomes in African American Individuals: The Jackson Heart Study. 
  • Surgical management of aortic abdominal aneurysms in patients with severe pulmonary insufficiency. 
  • Synchronous intestinal transplantation inhibits post resection adaptation. 
  • Takayasu arteritis: diagnosis with MR imaging and MR angiography in acute and chronic active stages. 
  • The relationship of the umbilicus to the aortic bifurcation: implications for laparoscopic technique. 
  • The value of ultrasonography in the screening for asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm. 
  • Three-dimensional CT evaluation for endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Quantitative assessment of the infrarenal aortic neck. 
  • Three-dimensional spiral CT angiography of the abdomen. 
  • Three-dimensional spiral computed tomographic angiography: an alternative imaging modality for the abdominal aorta and its branches. 
  • Treatment with rapamycin and mycophenolic acid reduces arterial intimal thickening produced by mechanical injury and allows endothelial replacement. 
  • Ultrastructure of hypertensive rat aorta. Increased basement membrane-like material. 
  • Uncluttered Single-Image Visualization of Vascular Structures Using GPU and Integer Programming. 
  • Uncluttered single-image visualization of the abdominal aortic vessel tree: method and evaluation. 
  • Usefulness of carotid intima-media thickness measurement as an indicator of generalized atherosclerosis: findings from autopsy analysis. 
  • Utility of virtual monoenergetic images derived from a dual-layer detector-based spectral CT in the assessment of aortic anatomy and pathology: A retrospective case control study. 
  • Vitamin E inhibits abdominal aortic aneurysm formation in angiotensin II-infused apolipoprotein E-deficient mice. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Chen, Edward Po-Chung, Professor of Surgery, Surgery
  • Rubin, Geoffrey D, George Barth Geller Distinguished Professorship for Research in Cardiovascular Diseases, Radiology