Incidental findings on computed tomography angiography in patients evaluated for pulmonary embolism

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 689-695

  Perelas, Apostolos ^a   Dimou, Anastasios ^a   Saenz, Augustina ^a   Rhee, Ji Hyun ^a   Teerapuncharoen, Krittika ^a   Rowden, Adam ^a   Eiger, Glenn ^a  

^a EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest radiography; Computed tomography; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BREAST ABSCESS; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; KIDNEY CYST; LIVER INJURY; LOW RISK PATIENT; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; METASTASIS; PERIRENAL ABSCESS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA PLAQUE; PNEUMONIA; PYELONEPHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID NODULE; TUBERCULOSIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929621008     PISSN: 23296933     EISSN: 23256621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201404-144OC     Document Type: Article

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