Computed tomography and echocardiography in patients with acute pulmonary embolism: Part 2: Prognostic value

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  George, Elizabeth ^a   Kumamaru, Kanako K ^a   Ghosh, Nina ^b   Gonzalez Quesada, Carlos ^a   Wake, Nicole ^b   Bedayat, Arash ^a,c   Dunne, Ruth M ^a   Saboo, Sachin S ^a   Khandelwal, Ashish ^a   Hunsaker, Andetta R ^a   Rybicki, Frank J ^a   Gerhard Herman, Marie ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Cardiovascular Division   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography pulmonary angiography; prognosis; pulmonary embolism; right ventricular strain; transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84891828597     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0000000000000048     Document Type: Article

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