Pediatric superior vena cava syndrome: Assessment at low radiation dose 64-slice CT angiography

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-72

  Williams, Brice J ^a   Mulvihill, Denise M ^a   Pettus, Benjamin J ^a   Brothers, Robin ^a   Costello, Phillip ^a   Schoepf, U Joseph ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; CT; Pediatric vascular disease; Radiation protection; Superior vena cava syndrome

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HUMANS; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RARE DISEASES; STENTS; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 33645098756     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rti.0000203938.59405.77     Document Type: Article

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