Multi-detector CT angiography for lower gastrointestinal bleeding: Can it select patients for endovascular intervention?

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-16

  Foley, P T ^a   Ganeshan, A ^a   Anthony, S ^a   Uberoi, R ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiography; Embolisation; Gastrointestinal haemorrhage; Spiral computed; Therapeutic; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77749320960     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2010.02131.x     Document Type: Article

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