Pseudo pulmonary embolism in complex congenital heart disease

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1359-1361

  Cook, Gary J R ^a   Fogelman, Ignac ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

congenital heart disease; ventilation perfusion lung scan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 0029738877     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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