Axial and reformatted four-chamber right ventricle-to-left ventricle diameter ratios on pulmonary CT angiography as predictors of death after acute pulmonary embolism

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1353-1360

  Lu, Michael T ^a,b   Demehri, Shadpour ^a   Cai, Tianxi ^c   Parast, Layla ^c   Hunsaker, Andetta R ^a   Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^d   Rybicki, Frank J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Multiplanar reformation; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; COMORBIDITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861651815     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.7439     Document Type: Article

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