CT angiography findings of the left atrium and right ventricle in patients with massive pulmonary embolism

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1072-1076

  Ocak, Iclal ^a   Fuhrman, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Left atrium; Massive pulmonary embolism; Right ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART PRELOAD; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEIN;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 53249127374     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3715     Document Type: Article

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