The prevalence of symptomatic and coincidental pulmonary embolism on computed tomography

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 783-787

  Hui, Gladwin C ^a,b   Legasto, Alan ^a   Wittram, Conrad ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coincidental findings; CTPA; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; HEALTH INSURANCE;

ADULT PATIENTS; CHEST CT; COINCIDENTAL FINDING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHIES; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; CONTRAST-ENHANCED CT; CT IMAGE; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT COMPLIANT; PROCEDURAL CODES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

CHEMOTHERAPY;

BEVACIZUMAB; CARBOPLATIN; ERLOTINIB; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GEFITINIB; GEMCITABINE; NAVELBINE; PACLITAXEL; SUNITINIB;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHI SQUARE TEST; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PANCREAS CANCER; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SARCOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 54049110390     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31815a7aea     Document Type: Article

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