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"Pulmonary Vein Sign" for Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis in Computed Tomography Angiography.

Luciana Volpon Soares SouzaMatheus ZanonArthur Soares de Souza JuniorKlaus Loureiro IrionDiana PenhaGiordano Rafael Tronco AlvesGláucia ZanettiBruno Hochhegger
Published in: Lung (2017)
Despite a low sensitivity, presence of the pulmonary vein sign was highly specific for PE, with a good agreement between readers. This sign could contribute for PE diagnosis on CTPA studies.
Keyphrases
  • pulmonary embolism
  • inferior vena cava
  • coronary artery
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • image quality