Incidence of pulmonary embolism in younger versus older patients using CT

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-171

  Kuroki, Masaomi ^a,b   Nishino, Mizuki ^a   Takahashi, Masaya ^a   Mori, Yasutane ^a   Raptopoulos, Vassilios D ^a   Boiselle, Phillip M ^a   Tamura, Shozo ^b   Hatabu, Hiroto ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT; Embolism; Pulmonary; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745223038     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-200605000-00008     Document Type: Article

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