Diagnosis and management of pulmonary embolism

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 543-549

  Stein, Paul D ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; AUTOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0029740575     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-199609000-00014     Document Type: Review

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