Assessment of right ventricular function in acute pulmonary embolism using ECG-synchronized MDCT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 909-915

  Doǧan, Halil ^a   Kroft, Lucia J M ^a   Huisman, Menno V ^a   Van Der Geest, Rob ^a   O, Ying Li ^a   Lamb, Hildo J ^a   De Roos, Albert ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; ECG gating; MDCT; Pulmonary embolism; Right ventricular function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM SYNCHRONIZED CARDIAC MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 77958534734     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3388     Document Type: Article

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