MDCT of acute thrombotic and nonthrombotic pulmonary emboli

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-64

  Bhalla, Sanjeev ^a   Lopez Costa, Ignacio ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat emboli; MDCT; Pulmonary thromboembolism; Septic emboli

Indexed keywords

FAT EMBOLI; PULMONARY THROMBOEMBOLISM; SEPTIC EMBOLI;

ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOLOGY;

PULMONARY DISEASES;

AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LUNG EMBOLISM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548674662     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.06.032     Document Type: Review

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