Acute pulmonary thromboembolism with high-density emboli in the pulmonary artery detected on non-enhanced computed tomography.
Shimpei KajieKentaro NakamuraTomohiro MoriyaTomoyuki OgataTakaaki YamashitaPublished in: Respirology case reports (2024)
The presence of high-density emboli in the pulmonary artery on non-enhanced computed tomography (CT) has high diagnostic performance for acute central pulmonary thromboembolism. Acute pulmonary thromboembolism is usually diagnosed by contrast-enhanced CT. However, it may be possible to achieve early diagnosis by identifying characteristic findings on non-enhanced CT.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary artery
- contrast enhanced
- pulmonary hypertension
- computed tomography
- high density
- dual energy
- magnetic resonance imaging
- diffusion weighted
- liver failure
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- coronary artery
- image quality
- positron emission tomography
- respiratory failure
- magnetic resonance
- diffusion weighted imaging
- drug induced
- aortic dissection
- mechanical ventilation
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- acute respiratory distress syndrome