Is venous duplex imaging an appropriate initial screening test for patients with suspected pulmonary embolism?

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 220-223

  Eze, Augustine R ^a   Comerota, Anthony J ^a,b   Kerr, Robb P ^a   Harada, Russell N ^a   Domeracki, Frank ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0029998395     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02001885     Document Type: Article

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