Accuracy of high-resolution CT in identifying chronic pulmonary thromboembolic disease

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1371-1377

  Bergin, Colleen J ^a   Rios, Guillermo ^a   King, Mark A ^b   Belezzuoli, Ernest ^a   Luna, Joseph ^a   Auger, William R ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0029892810     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.166.6.8633450     Document Type: Article

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