TY - JOUR A1 - Kalender, Günay A1 - Lisy, Milan A1 - Stock, Ulrich Alfred A1 - Endisch, Andrea A1 - Kornberger, Angela T1 - Identification of factors influencing cumulative long-term radiation exposure in patients undergoing EVAR T2 - International journal of vascular medicine N2 - Patients who undergo endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms (EVAR) require life-long surveillance because complications including, in particular, endoleaks, aneurysm rupture, and graft dislocation are diagnosed in a certain share of the patient population and may occur at any time after the original procedure. Radiation exposure in patients undergoing EVAR and post-EVAR surveillance has been investigated by previous authors. Arriving at realistic exposure data is essential because radiation doses resulting from CT were shown to be not irrelevant. Efforts directed at identification of factors impacting the level of radiation exposure in both the course of the EVAR procedure and post-EVAR endovascular interventions and CTAs are warranted as potentially modifiable factors may offer opportunities to reduce the radiation. In the light of the risks found to be associated with radiation exposure and considering the findings above, those involved in EVAR and post-EVAR surveillance should aim at optimal dose management. Y1 - 2017 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/45577 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-455773 SN - 2090-2832 SN - 2090-2824 N1 - Copyright © 2017 G. Kalender et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. VL - 2017 IS - Art. 9763075 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - Hindawi CY - New York, NY [u. a.] ER -