Superior vena cava obstruction evaluation with MDCT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Sheth, Sheila ^a   Ebert, Mark D ^a   Fishman, Elliot K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Superior vena cava obstruction; Venous collaterals

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; IOHEXOL;

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AZYGOS VEIN; BEHCET DISEASE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; BRAIN EDEMA; BYPASS SURGERY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAPHRAGMATIC VENOUS PLEXUS; DYSPNEA; EESOPHAGEAL VENOUS PLEXUS; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FACE; FIBROSING MEDIASTINITIS; HEMIAZYGOS VEIN; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; JUGULAR VEIN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LATERAL THORACIC VENOUS PLEXUS; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALIGNANT SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MEDIASTINAL VENOUS PLEXUS; MEDIASTINITIS; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NECK; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENT; STRIDOR; SUBSCAPULAR PLEXUS; SUPERFICIAL THORACOABDOMINAL VENOUS PLEXUS; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN THROMBOSIS; SWELLING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VEIN; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VERTEBRAL PLEXUS;

COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77950603426     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2894     Document Type: Review

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