Spiral CT appearance of resolving clots at 6 week follow-up after acute pulmonary embolism

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 413-417

  Van Rossum, Astrid B ^a   Pattynama, Peter M T ^b   Tjin A Ton, Erik ^b   Kieft, Gerard J ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arteries, pulmonary; Computed tomography, spiral; Embolism

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISMS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY, PULMONARY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL; CT-SCAN; EMBOLISM; FILLING DEFECTS; FOLLOW UP; FOLLOW-UP CT SCAN; SPIRAL CT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031877770     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199805000-00012     Document Type: Article

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