Role of helical CT in detecting right ventricular dysfunction secondary to acute pulmonary embolism

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 587-591

  Contractor, Sohail ^a   Maldjian, Pierre D ^a   Sharma, Vivek K ^a   Gor, Devang M ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulmonary embolism; Right ventricular dysfunction; Right ventricular strain

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES;

ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISMS; CT-SCAN; FOLLOW UP; HELICAL CT; LEFT VENTRICLES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RIGHT VENTRICLE; RIGHT VENTRICULAR; RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTIONS; RIGHT VENTRICULAR STRAIN;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036656497     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200207000-00020     Document Type: Article

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