Pulmonary Embolism Evaluation in the Pregnant Patient: A Review of Current Imaging Approaches

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-17

  Cogley, Jonathan R ^a   Ghobrial, Peter M ^a   Chandrasekaran, Bharanidhar ^b   Allen, Steven B ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYSTATE HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; HEPARIN; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MACROSALB TC 99M; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; WARFARIN; XENON 133;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY OF THE PULMONARY ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSIMETRY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FETUS RISK; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOGRAPHY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION;

ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84856144548     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: 15585034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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