Acute abdominal venous thromboses-the hyperdense CT sign

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-13

  Goldstein, Mark ^a,b   Quen, Lye ^a,c   Jacks, Lindsay ^a,d   Jhaveri, Kartik ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COVENTRY   (United Kingdom)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES;

ABDOMINAL; ANATOMICAL LOCATIONS; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; CONTROL GROUPS; HAEMATOCRIT; HAEMOGLOBINS; HOUNSFIELD UNITS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WINDOW SETTINGS;

HEMOGLOBIN;

HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ACUTE ABDOMINAL VENOUS THROMBOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84856263650     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3182436c86     Document Type: Article

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