Identification of bleeding sites in patients with postpartum hemorrhage: MDCT compared with angiography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 383-390

  Lee, Nam Kyung ^a   Kim, Suk ^a   Kim, Chang Won ^a   Lee, Jun Woo ^a   Jeon, Ung Bae ^a   Suh, Dong Soo ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angiography; CT; Hemorrhage; Pregnancy; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ENBUCRILATE; GELFOAM;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; IOHEXOL; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 76149132966     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3073     Document Type: Article

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