Prevalence and nature of excluded findings at reduced scan length CT angiography for pulmonary embolism

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 325-332

  Atalay, Michael Kemal ^a   Walle, Nicholas L ^a   Egglin, Thomas K ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain; CT pulmonary angiography; CTPA; Emergency department; Pulmonary embolism; Radiation dose; Scan length; Shortness of breath

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RIB FRACTURE; THYROID NODULE; TRACHEOMALACIA;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHODE ISLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80052917494     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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