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Multidetector computed tomography pulmonary angiography in childhood acute pulmonary embolism

Pediatric Radiology volume 45, pages 1431–1439 (2015)Cite this article

Abstract

Pulmonary embolism is a life-threatening condition affecting people of all ages. Multidetector row CT pulmonary angiography has improved the imaging of pulmonary embolism in both adults and children and is now regarded as the routine modality for detection of pulmonary embolism. Advanced CT pulmonary angiography techniques developed in recent years, such as dual-energy CT, have been applied as a one-stop modality for pulmonary embolism diagnosis in children, as they can simultaneously provide anatomical and functional information. We discuss CT pulmonary angiography techniques, common and uncommon findings of pulmonary embolism in both conventional and dual-energy CT pulmonary angiography, and radiation dose considerations.

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This work was partially supported by the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in the University (NCET-12-0260) and Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81401409 for C.X.T.).

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  1. Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210002, China

    Chun Xiang Tang, U. Joseph Schoepf, Long Jiang Zhang & Guang Ming Lu

  2. Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

    U. Joseph Schoepf & Mary A. Fox

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

    U. Joseph Schoepf & Shahryar M. Chowdhury

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Tang, C.X., Schoepf, U.J., Chowdhury, S.M. et al. Multidetector computed tomography pulmonary angiography in childhood acute pulmonary embolism. Pediatr Radiol 45, 1431–1439 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-015-3336-6

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Keywords

  • Acute pulmonary embolism
  • Children
  • CT pulmonary arteriography
  • Prognosis
  • Radiation dose