Reproducibility of CT signs of right ventricular dysfunction in acute pulmonary embolism

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1500-1506

  Kang, Doo Kyoung ^a,b   Ramos Duran, Luis ^a   Schoepf, U Joseph ^a   Armstrong, Andrew M ^a   Abro, Joseph A ^a   Ravenel, James G ^a   Thilo, Christian ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT; Pulmonary embolism; Reproducibility; Right heart failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IOHEXOL; IOPROMIDE;

AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 77953244294     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3717     Document Type: Article

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