Detection and localization of active gastrointestinal bleeding with multidetector row computed tomography angiography: A five-year prospective study in one medical center

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-41

  Sun, Hao ^a   Jin, Zhengyu ^a   Li, Xiaoguang ^a,b   Qian, Jiaming ^a   Yu, Jianchun ^a   Zhu, Feng ^a   Zhu, Huadong ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Angiography; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Multidetector row computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84856442811     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31823337ee     Document Type: Review

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