Outcomes of negative multidetector computed tomography with pulmonary angiography in pregnant women suspected of pulmonary embolism

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Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-111

  Bourjeily, Ghada ^a   Khalil, Hanan ^a   Raker, Christina ^b   Martin, Susan ^c   Auger, Pauline ^d   Chalhoub, Michel ^e   Larson, Lucia ^f   Miller, Margaret ^f  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Women's Medicine Collaborative   (United States)

^d Staten Island University Hospital ^*

^e STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multidetector computed tomography with pulmonary angiography (MDCT PA); Outcomes; Pregnancy; Pulmonary embolism; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHEST PAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857650033     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: 14321750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-011-9329-9     Document Type: Article

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