Pleural effusion and ventilation/perfusion scan interpretation for acute pulmonary embolus

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1310-1313

  Goldberg, S Nahum ^a   Richardson, David D ^a   Palmer, Edwin L ^a   Scott, James A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

pleural effusion; pulmonary embolus; ventilation perfusion scan

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 0029740072     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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