Central venous device-related thrombosis as imaged with MDCT in oncologic patients: Prevalence and findings

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-154

  Catalano, Orlando ^a   Di Castelguidone, Elisabetta De Lutio ^a   Sandomenico, Claudia ^b   Petrillo, Mario ^c   Aprea, Pasquale ^b   Granata, Vincenza ^a   D'Errico, Adolfo Gallipoli ^a  

^a Department of Radiology ^*  (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Central venous device; Chest; Computed tomography; Thrombosis; Vein

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CENTRAL VENOUS DEVICE; CHEST; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS; VEIN;

BLOOD VESSELS; CHEMOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; IMAGE QUALITY; ONCOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IOMEPROL; IOPAMIDOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958782590     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2010.100294     Document Type: Article

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