CT Pulmonary Angiography: Quantification of Pulmonary Embolus as a Predictor of Patient Outcome - Initial Experience

Radiology

Volumn 230, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 831-835

  Wu, Andrew S ^a   Pezzullo, John A ^a   Cronan, Jhon J ^a   Hou, David D ^a   Mayo Smith, William W ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Embolism, pulmonary; Pulmonary arteries, CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEATH; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1342266122     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303030083     Document Type: Article

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