The rate of resolution of clot burden measured by pulmonary CT angiography in patients with acute pulmonary embolism

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 791-797

  Aghayev, Ayaz ^a   Furlan, Alessandro ^a   Patil, Amol ^a   Gumus, Serter ^a   Jeon, Kyung Nyeo ^a,b   Park, Bumwoo ^a   Bae, Kyongtae T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Pulmonary CT angiography; Pulmonary embolism; Resolution

Indexed keywords

IOVERSOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SOFTWARE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878241674     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.8624     Document Type: Article

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