Routine pelvic and lower extremity CT venography in patients undergoing pulmonary CT angiography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 322-326

  Hunsaker, Andetta R ^a   Zou, Kelly H ^b   Poh, Angeline C ^a   Trotman Dickenson, Beatrice ^a   Jacobson, Francine L ^a   Gill, Ritu R ^a   Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CT pulmonary angiography; CT venography; Deep venous thrombosis; Pulmonary embolism; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LEG PHLEBOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PELVIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 38849101085     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2568     Document Type: Article

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