CT criteria for differentiating abdominal hemorrhage: Anticoagulation or aortic aneurysm rupture?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1324-1330

  Federle, Michael P ^a   Pan, Kuang Tse ^a,b   Pealer, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Abdominal imaging; Aorta; CT

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; HEPARIN; IOVERSOL; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247622713     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.1911     Document Type: Article

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