Pulmonary embolism in oncologic patients: Frequency and embolus burden of symptomatic and unsuspected events

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-53

  Bach, Andreas Gunter ^a   Schmoll, Hans Joachim ^a   Beckel, Christoph ^a   Behrmann, Curd ^a   Spielmann, Rolf Peter ^a   Wienke, Andreas ^a   Abbas, Jasmin ^a   Surov, Alexey ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT staging incidental finding; Malignancy; Mastora score; Oncologic patients; Pulmonary angiography; Unsuspected pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASES;

INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALIGNANCY; MASTORA SCORE; ONCOLOGIC PATIENTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BLADDER CANCER; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BONE CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EMBOLUS BURDEN; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; EYE CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM CANCER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; ICD-10; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY PELVIS CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIP CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MASTORA SCORE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAR TUMOR; MOUTH TUMOR; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PENIS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PLEURA CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMINOMA; SKIN CANCER; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TRACHEA CANCER; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; URETER CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; VAGINA CANCER; VERY ELDERLY; VULVA CANCER;

CT STAGING INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALIGNANCY; MASTORA SCORE; ONCOLOGIC PATIENTS; PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; UNSUSPECTED PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84896784790     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0284185113491569     Document Type: Article

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