Incremental value of CT venography combined with pulmonary CT angiography for the detection of thromboembolic disease: Systematic review and meta-analysis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1065-1072

  Krishan, Sonal ^a,b   Panditaratne, Nalinda ^a   Verma, Rajeev ^c   Robertson, Roderick ^a  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HUDDERSFIELD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CT; Deep vein thrombosis; Pulmonary embolism; Venous thromboembolic disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ANGIOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79959577291     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4745     Document Type: Article

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