Dual-energy CT perfusion and angiography in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: diagnostic accuracy and concordance with radionuclide scintigraphy

European Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-51

  Dournes, Gaël ^a,b   Verdier, Damien ^a,b   Montaudon, Michel ^a,b   Bullier, Eric ^a   Rivière, Annalisa ^a   Dromer, Claire ^a   Picard, François ^a   Billes, Marc Alain ^a   Corneloup, Olivier ^a   Laurent, François ^a,b   Lederlin, Mathieu ^a,b  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Dual energy CT; Dual energy lung perfusion imaging; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCINTIGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; LUNG EMBOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; PERFUSION IMAGING; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84904468856     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-2975-y     Document Type: Article

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