Dr. Amy Thurmond

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Breast imaging providers must lead density education
Radiologists are uniquely suited to discuss breast density with patients and should take the lead in patient information efforts, according to Dr. Amy Thurmond of Womens Imaging & Intervention in Oregon. In this column, Thurmond discusses how her practice talks about density with its patients.
April 1, 2015
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Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) with right ventricle (RV) enlargement and clot-in-transit. PE chest axial CT angiography images demonstrate pulmonary embolus in the right pulmonary artery (white solid arrow), an enlarged RV (dotted arrow), and thrombus transiting through the right atrium (black arrows), PE-RADS 4/RV+/T+. The “4” refers to the PE‑RADS ordinal category for the most proximal clot location (central arteries). “RV+” indicates RV enlargement (RV to left ventricle ratio ≥ 1.0). “T+” indicates definitive thrombus identified in the right atrium and/or RV.
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