Pulmonary embolism: Prospective comparison of iso-osmolar and low-osmolarity nonionic contrast agents for contrast enhancement at CT angiography

Radiology

Volumn 234, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 929-933

  Bédard, Justine P ^a   Blais, Christian ^a   Patenaude, Yves G ^a   Monga, Ernest ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODIXANOL; IOHEXOL; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM; VISIPAQUE 270;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 13844255620     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2343031811     Document Type: Article

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