CT of pulmonary thromboembolism

Conventional incremental CT has for many years been useful in the fortuitous diagnosis of pulmonary thromboembolic disease, allowing for visualization of both the central occluding thrombus and the pleuroparenchymal sequelae. Unfortunately, the slow data acquisition times precluded the inclusion of...

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Published inSeminars in ultrasound, CT, and MRI Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 323 - 337
Main Authors Greaves, S.Melanie, Hart, Eric M, Aberle, Denise R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.1997
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Acute Disease
Angiography
Humans
Pulmonary Embolism - diagnostic imaging
Radiographic Image Enhancement
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:Conventional incremental CT has for many years been useful in the fortuitous diagnosis of pulmonary thromboembolic disease, allowing for visualization of both the central occluding thrombus and the pleuroparenchymal sequelae. Unfortunately, the slow data acquisition times precluded the inclusion of conventional CT in diagnostic algorithms for the diagnosis of this disease. The development and increasing availability of fast scanning techniques, namely helical (spiral) CT and electron-beam CT, now provide a noninvasive means of consistently and accurately demonstrating acute and chronic pulmonary arterial thrombus to the segmental level. CT has the added advantage over ventilation-perfusion scanning and pulmonary angiography of depicting unsuspected intrathoracic disease that may account for the patient's presenting illness.
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ISSN:0887-2171
1558-5034
DOI:10.1016/S0887-2171(97)90010-X