Pulmonary infarction: Spectrum of findings on multidetector helical CT

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-7

  He, Hongying ^a   Stein, Marjorie W ^a   Zalta, Benjamin ^a   Haramati, Linda B ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT angiography; Pulmonary embolism; Pulmonary infarct

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFARCTION; LUNG LOBE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33645100825     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rti.0000187433.06762.fb     Document Type: Article

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