Computed tomography pulmonary embolism index for the assessment of survival in patients with pulmonary embolism

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1954-1959

  Pech, Maciej ^a   Wieners, Gero ^a   Dul, Przemyslaw ^a   Fischbach, Frank ^a   Dudeck, Oliver ^a   Hänninen, Enrique Lopez ^a   Ricke, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT; Index; Pulmonary arteries; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547138892     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0577-2     Document Type: Article

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