Panel discussion: Pulmonary embolism imaging and outcomes

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1313-1319

  Araoz, Philip A ^a   Haramati, Linda B ^b   Mayo, John R ^c   Mortani Barbosa, Eduardo Jose ^d   Rybicki, Frank J ^e   Colletti, Patrick M ^f  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CT angiography; Outcomes; Pulmonary embolism; Radiation; Risks; Ventilation perfusion scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

AGE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84861644162     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.8461     Document Type: Note

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