Suspected aortic dissection and other aortic disorders: Multi-detector row CT in 373 cases in the emergency setting

Radiology

Volumn 238, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 841-852

  Hayter, Robert G ^a   Rhea, James T ^a   Small, Andrew ^a   Tafazoli, Faranak S ^a   Novelline, Robert A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULCER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33344467724     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2383041528     Document Type: Review

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