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Abdominal Aortography
Aka: Abdominal Aortography, Angiography in AAA, AAA Angiogram
- See Also
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- CT in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- Ultrasound in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- Indications
- Replaced in most cases by AAA CTA
- Preoperative evaluation in special cases
- Endovascular stent graft placement
- Suspected Renovascular Stenosis
- Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia
- Occlusive Iliac Disease
- Suprarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- Atypical Renal Anatomy (e.g. horshoe Kidney)
- Previous colectomy
- Advantages
- Detailed periaortic vascular imaging
- Best visualization of renal and iliac vessels
- Disadvantages
- Underestimates aneurysm size (images only patent lumen)
- Risk of invasive procedure with iodinated contrast
- References
- Sparks (2002) Am Fam Physician 65(8):1565-70 [PubMed]