Real-time risk stratification of patients with acute pulmonary embolism by grading the reflux of contrast into the inferior vena cava on computerized tomographic pulmonary angiography

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1488-1493

  Aviram, Galit ^a   Rogowski, O ^b   Gotler, Y ^b   Bendler, A ^a   Steinvil, A ^b   Goldin, Y ^b   Graif, M ^a   Berliner, S ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

CAT scan pulmonary; CT; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 49949086850     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2008.03079.x     Document Type: Article

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