MDCT evaluation of pulmonary embolism in children and young adults following a lateral tunnel Fontan procedure: Optimizing contrast-enhancement techniques

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 938-944

  Prabhu, Sanjay P ^a   Mahmood, Soran ^a   Sena, Laureen ^a   Lee, Edward Y ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lateral tunnel Fontan procedure; MDCT; Optimizing contrast enhancement technique; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; D DIMER;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DYSPNEA; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART SURGERY; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NAUSEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX PAIN; THROMBUS; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69049101038     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-009-1304-8     Document Type: Article

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