Vascular graft infections, mycotic aneurysms, and endovascular infections: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

WR Wilson, TC Bower, MA Creager, S Amin-Hanjani… - Circulation, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background The use of synthetic material for reconstructive vascular surgery was first
reported during the early 1950s. Infection involving vascular graft prostheses is an …

Computed tomography: revolutionizing the practice of medicine for 40 years

GD Rubin - Radiology, 2014 - pubs.rsna.org
Computed tomography (CT) has had a profound effect on the practice of medicine. Both the
spectrum of clinical applications and the role that CT has played in enhancing the depth of …

Infected (mycotic) aneurysms: spectrum of imaging appearances and management

WK Lee, PJ Mossop, AF Little, GJ Fitt, JI Vrazas… - Radiographics, 2008 - pubs.rsna.org
Infected aneurysms are uncommon. The aorta, peripheral arteries, cerebral arteries, and
visceral arteries are involved in descending order of frequency. Staphylococcus and …

Intracranial aneurysms in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage: CT angiography as a primary examination tool for diagnosis—systematic review and meta-analysis

HE Westerlaan, JMC Van Dijk… - Radiology, 2011 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To calculate the sensitivity and specificity of computed tomographic (CT)
angiography in the diagnosis of cerebral aneurysms in patients with acute subarachnoid …

Imaging of acute stroke

JG Merino, S Warach - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2010 - nature.com
Brain imaging provides an objective basis for the clinical inferences that direct individual
patient management in the acute stroke setting. A brain CT or MRI scan is required for all …

Diagnosing cerebral aneurysms by computed tomographic angiography: meta‐analysis

J Menke, J Larsen, K Kallenberg - Annals of neurology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Cerebral aneurysms can cause substantial morbidity and mortality, specifically if
they rupture, leading to nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). This meta‐analysis …

Dual-energy CT angiography in the evaluation of intracranial aneurysms: image quality, radiation dose, and comparison with 3D rotational digital subtraction …

LJ Zhang, SY Wu, JB Niu, ZL Zhang… - American Journal of …, 2010 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the image quality, radiation dose,
and diagnostic accuracy of dual-energy CT angiography (CTA) compared with 3D rotational …

Digital subtraction CT angiography for detection of intracranial aneurysms: comparison with three-dimensional digital subtraction angiography

L Lu, LJ Zhang, CS Poon, SY Wu, CS Zhou, S Luo… - Radiology, 2012 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of digital subtraction computed tomographic
(CT) angiography in the detection of intracranial aneurysms compared with three …

Evaluation of 64-section CT angiography for detection and treatment planning of intracranial aneurysms by using DSA and surgical findings

Q Li, F Lv, Y Li, T Luo, K Li, P Xie - Radiology, 2009 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To investigate the diagnostic performance of 64-section computed tomographic
(CT) angiography in the detection of intracranial aneurysms. Materials and Methods This …

Contrast-free MRA at 3.0 T for the detection of intracranial aneurysms

MH Li, YD Li, HQ Tan, BX Gu, YC Chen, W Wang… - Neurology, 2011 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: We prospectively investigated the diagnostic accuracy of contrast-free 3-
dimensional time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography (3D-TOF-MRA) with volume …