Incidental pulmonary emboli in oncology patients: Prevalence, CT evaluation, and natural history

Radiology

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 246-255

  Gladish, Gregory W ^a   Choe, Du Hwan ^b   Marom, Edith M ^a   Sabloff, Bradley S ^a   Broemeling, Lyle D ^a   Munden, Reginald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Korea Cancer Center Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33745129039     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2401051129     Document Type: Article

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