DTPA aerosol in ventilation/perfusion scintigraphy for diagnosing pulmonary embolism

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1781-1783

  Trujillo, Nelson P ^a   Pratt, Jonathan P ^a   Talusani, Sachin ^a   Quaife, Robert A ^a   Kumpe, David ^a   Lear, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung scintigraphy; Lung ventilation; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SCINTIGRAPHY;

AEROSOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO; XENON RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0030661622     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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