Evaluation of Individual Criteria for Low Probability Interpretation of Ventilation-Perfusion Lung Scans

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4-6, 1996, Pages 577-581

  Stein, Paul D ^a   Relyea, Bruce ^b   Gottschalk, Alexander ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Pulmonary embolism; Thromboembolism; Ventilation perfusion lung scans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZATION; SCINTISCANNING;

EVALUATION STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 0030117989     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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