CT venography and compression sonography are diagnostically equivalent: Data from PIOPED II

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1071-1076

  Goodman, Lawrence R ^a   Stein, Paul D ^b,c   Matta, Fadi ^b   Sostman, H Dirk ^d,e   Wakefield, Thomas W ^f   Woodard, Pamela K ^g   Hull, Russell ^h   Yankelevitz, David F ⁱ   Beemath, Afzal ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH MERCY OAKLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

ⁱ WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CT venography; Deep venous thrombosis; Lower extremity Doppler sonography; Pulmonary embolus

Indexed keywords

NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION SONOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 35649003088     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2388     Document Type: Article

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