MDCT pulmonary angiography evaluation of pulmonary embolism in children

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1246-1252

  Kritsaneepaiboon, Supika ^a,b   Lee, Edward Y ^a   Zurakowski, David ^a   Strauss, Keith J ^a   Boiselle, Phillip M ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; CT pulmonary angiography; Deep venous thromboembolism; Pediatric imaging; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIATION DOSE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; ULTRASOUND; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65649096944     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1299     Document Type: Article

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