Pulmonary embolism: Interobserver agreement in the interpretation of conventional angiographic and DSA images in patients with nondiagnostic lung scan results

Radiology

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 721-724

  Van Beek, Edwin J R ^a   Bakker, Ad J ^a   Reekers, Jim A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Digital subtraction angiography, comparative studies; Embolism, pulmonary; Pulmonary angiography; Pulmonary arteries, stenosis or obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

EID: 0030045298     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.198.3.8628860     Document Type: Article

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