Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 295-299

  Stein, Paul D ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; OXYGEN;

AUTOPSY; BLOOD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; METABOLISM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; AUTOPSY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; OXYGEN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 0030178353     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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