Experience in 207 combined MRI examinations for acute pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1686-1696

  Kluge, Alexander ^a   Mueller, Clemens ^a   Strunk, Johannes ^a   Lange, Uwe ^a   Bachmann, Georg ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary imaging; Cardiovascular disease; Deep vein thrombosis; Embolism; MRI; Venography

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE VENOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX; THROMBOEMBOLISM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33745496952     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0756     Document Type: Article

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