Imaging of pulmonary embolism: self-assessment module.
The educational objectives for this self-assessment module on imaging of pulmonary embolism are for the participant to exercise, self-assess, and improve his or her understanding of the evaluation of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism using CT angiography; gain familiarity with nonembolic conditions that may be found in patients who are studied with CT angiography for suspected pulmonary embolism; and gain familiarity with the phenomenon of paradoxical embolism, its manifestations on CT angiography, and its radiologic differential diagnosis.
Department of Radiology, University Hospital, UMDNJ-NJ Medical School, 150 Bergen St., UH C-320, Newark, NJ 07103-2406, USA.
Pierre D
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Maldjian
Felix S
FS
Chew
D000792:Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed