Chest

Chest (Pulmonary Embolism and Pulmonary Hypertension)

Sunday, Nov. 28, 10:45 AM -12:15 PM

Speakers are presenting a host of scientific studies. Topics include a prospective study of reduced contrast dual-energy CT pulmonary angiography, an evaluation of prior and current criteria for CT quantitative determination of pulmonary hypertension and a comparison of semi-quantitative and fully quantitative volume measurement of the acute pulmonary embolism clot burden on CT pulmonary angiogram.

The speakers for this session will be:
  • Martine Remy-Jardin MD, PhD, department of radiology, Hopital Calmette in Lille, France; and
  • U. Joseph Schoepf MD, professor, radiology, Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

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