Iliac vein compression and pulmonary embolism in a long distance runner: Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. A case report

Angiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-91

  Cauley, Keith ^a   Wright, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Bassett Healthcare ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; HEPARIN; IOHEXOL; VISAPAQUE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FATIGUE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; ILIAC VEIN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RUNNING; THROMBOSIS; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ANEURYSM; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPARIN; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; ILIAC VEIN; INFARCTION; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RUNNING; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; WARFARIN;

EID: 12944252962     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970505600112     Document Type: Article

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