Malignancy and acute pulmonary embolism: Risk stratification including the right to left ventricle diameter ratio in 1596 subjects

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 196-201

  Cai, Bryan ^a   Bedayat, Arash ^a,b   George, Elizabeth ^a   Hunsaker, Andetta R ^a   Dill, Karin E ^c   Rybicki, Frank J ^a   Kumamaru, Kanako K ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography angiography; Malignancy; Mortality; Predictor; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

ANGIOGRAPHY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84877068268     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3182870bf9     Document Type: Article

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