Unsuspected pulmonary emboli in oncology patients undergoing routine computed tomography Imaging

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 798-803

  Browne, Ann Michelle ^a   Cronin, Carmel Geraldine ^a   English, Collette ^a   Nimhuircheartaigh, Jennifer ^a   Murphy, Joseph M ^a   Bruzzi, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

CT pulmonary angiogram; MDCT; Oncology; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METASTASIS; OVARY CANCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953129372     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181d6153a     Document Type: Article

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