Beyond the pulmonary arteries: Alternative diagnoses in children with MDCT pulmonary angiography negative for pulmonary embolism

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 888-894

  Lee, Edward Y ^a   Kritsaneepaiboon, Supika ^a,b   Zurakowski, David ^a   Arellano, Claudia Martinez Rios ^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

Alternative diagnosis; Children; CT pulmonary angiography; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFUSION; FAT EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG NODULE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; RIB FRACTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKELETON; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 69949102939     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2362     Document Type: Article

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