The ratio of descending aortic enhancement to main pulmonary artery enhancement measured on pulmonary CT angiography as a finding to predict poor outcome in patients with massive or submassive pulmonary embolism

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 352-359

  Park, Chi Young ^a   Yoo, Seung Min ^a   Rho, Ji Young ^a   Ji, Young Geon ^b   Lee, Hwa Yeon ^c  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

^b CHA University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angiography; Prognosis; Pulmonary embolism; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

IOVERSOL;

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PULMONARY ARTERY; REVIEW;

EID: 84867479693     PISSN: 17383536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2012.72.4.352     Document Type: Review

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