Predictive value of computed tomography in acute pulmonary embolism: Systematic review and meta-analysis

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 747-759.e2

  Meinel, Felix G ^a,b   Nance, John W ^c   Joseph Schoepf, U ^a   Hoffmann, Verena S ^d   Thierfelder, Kolja M ^b   Costello, Philip ^a   Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^e   Bamberg, Fabian ^f  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Mortality; Prognosis; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84931573690     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.01.023     Document Type: Article

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