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Electron beam computed tomography: use in pulmonary embolectomy
I N Jamali1, C R McKay, R P Embrey
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242, USA.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|June 1, 1995
Abstract:
Proximal chronic pulmonary emboli with severe pulmonary hypertension were diagnosed by electron-beam computed tomography and Doppler echocardiography. After successful embolectomy, repeat examinations showed normal pulmonary artery pressures and patency. Electron beam computed tomography can noninvasively identify surgically treatable pulmonary emboli.