Severity assessment of acute pulmonary embolism with spiral CT: Evaluation of two modified angiographic scores and comparison with clinical data

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 150-158

  Bankier, Alexander A ^a   Janata, Karin ^a   Fleischmann, Dominik ^a   Kreuzer, Søren ^a   Mallek, Reinhold ^a   Frossard, Martin ^a   Domanovits, Hans ^a   Herold, Christian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lung severity; Pulmonary arteries; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030991345     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-199704000-00012     Document Type: Article

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