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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for the Evaluation of Suspected Cardiac Thrombus: Conventional and Emerging Techniques
Published on: June 11, 2019
Axe fragment pulmonary embolism. Interest of enhanced multislice helical CT with cardiac synchronised acquisitions
P Sarliève1, E Delabrousse, E Rodière
1Radiology A Unit, Besançon University Hosital, Boulevard Fleming, F-25030 Besançon, France.
Abstract:
A case of pulmonary embolism by an axe fragment investigated with enhanced mdCT with cardiac synchronised acquisitions is described. The authors stress the advantages of the techniques versus angiography for the exploration of foreign body pulmonary artery embolism.
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