Reconstructed 4-chamber views compared with axial imaging for assessment of right ventricular enlargement on CT pulmonary angiograms

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 342-347

  Stein, Paul D ^a,b   Matta, Fadi ^a   Yaekoub, Abdo Y ^a   Goodman, Lawrence R ^c   Sostman, H Dirk ^d   Weg, John G ^e   Hales, Charles A ^f   Hull, Russell D ^g   Leeper Jr , Kenneth V ^h   Beemath, Afzal ⁱ   Saeed, Ibrahim M ^j   Woodard, Pamela K ^j  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY OAKLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ SINAI GRACE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

CT pulmonary angiography; Pulmonary embolism; Right ventricular enlargement; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXIAL IMAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MCNEMAR TEST; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECONSTRUCTED 4 CHAMBER VIEW;

ANGIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; LUNG; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349112741     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-009-0331-5     Document Type: Article

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