Venous thromboembolism: Indirect CT venography during CT pulmonary angiography - Should the pelvis be imaged?

Radiology

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 605-611

  Kalva, Sanjeeva P ^a   Jagannathan, Jyothi P ^a   Hahn, Peter F ^a   Wicky, Stephan T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMED CONSENT; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; LEG; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PELVIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ANGIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PULMONARY VEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 39549087215     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2462070319     Document Type: Article

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