CT venous phase venography with 64-detector CT angiography in the diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 422-429

  Stein, Paul D ^a,b   Matta, Fadi ^a   Yaekoub, Abdo Y ^a   Kazerooni, Ella A ^c   Cahill, Jennifer Ellis ^e   Goodman, Lawrence R ^f   Sostman, H Dirk ^g   Hales, Charles A ^e   Denier, James E ^a   Weg, John G ^c   Ghumman, Dilraj ^a   Chan, Kevin M ^c   Woodard, Pamela K ^h   Kwun, Yoojin ^c,d  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY OAKLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^g HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

64 detector CT; CT angiography; CT venography; deep venous thrombosis; pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIOGRAPHY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77954898929     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1076029609335502     Document Type: Article

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