CT angiography of pulmonary embolism in patients with underlying respiratory disease: Impact of multislice CT on image quality and negative predictive value

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1971-1978

  Remy Jardin, Martine ^a,b   Tillie Leblond, Isabelle ^a   Szapiro, David ^a   Ghaye, Benoit ^a   Cotte, Laurent ^a   Mastora, Ioana ^a,b   Delannoy, Valérie ^c   Remy, Jacques ^a,b  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Med Res Group Equipe d'Accueil   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive lung disease; CT angiography; Multislice CT; Pulmonary arteries; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 0036690311     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1485-0     Document Type: Article

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