Acute pulmonary thromboembolism: A historical perspective

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 639-641

  Pipavath, Sudhakar N J ^a   Godwin, J David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pulmonary thromboembolism; CT pulmonary angiography; Hampton's hump

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFARCTION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 51349112553     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3989     Document Type: Note

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