Long-term outcome of patients with persistent vascular obstruction on computed tomography pulmonary angiography 6 months after acute pulmonary embolism

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 728-731

  Golpe, Rafael ^a   De Llano, Luis A Pérez ^a   Castro Añón, Olalla ^a   Vázquez Caruncho, Manuel ^a   González Juanatey, Carlos ^a   Fariñas, María Carmen ^b  

^a Hospital Lucus Augusti   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Prognostic markers; Pulmonary embolism; Spiral computed tomography; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOMES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; LONG-TERM OUTCOME; PROGNOSTIC MARKERS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IODOBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IOVERSOL;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84866539032     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2012.110697     Document Type: Article

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