Rarity of isolated pulmonary embolism and acute aortic syndrome occurring outside of the field of view of dedicated coronary CT angiography

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 378-384

  Lee, Hwa Yeon ^a   Song, In Sup ^a   Yoo, Seung Min ^b   Rho, Ji Young ^b   Moon, Jae Youn ^b   Kim, In Jai ^b   Lim, Sang Wook ^b   Sung, Jung Hoon ^b   Cha, Dong Hun ^b   White, Charles S ^c  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^b CHA Medical University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Cardiac; CT angiography; Dissection; Embolism thrombosis

Indexed keywords

AORTA; CARDIAC; CT ANGIOGRAPHY; DISSECTION; EMBOLISM/THROMBOSIS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; DISEASES; HEART; PATHOLOGY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SYNDROME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960067409     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2011.100361     Document Type: Article

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