The Role of Multidetector Computed Tomography Angiography for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 418-431

  Cronin, Paul ^a   Weg, John G ^a   Kazerooni, Ella A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULATION; CANCER PATIENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 52949089953     PISSN: 00012998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2008.07.002     Document Type: Review

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