Acute pulmonary embolism: Role of helical CT in 164 patients with intermediate probability at ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy and normal results at duplex US of the legs

Radiology

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 453-458

  Ferretti, Gilbert R ^a   Bosson, Jean Luc ^a   Buffaz, Pierre Denis ^a   Ayanian, David ^a   Pison, Christophe ^a   Blanc, François ^a   Carpentier, Françoise ^a   Carpentier, Patrick ^a   Coulomb, Max ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), helical; Embolism, pulmonary; Lung, radionuclide studies; Pulmonary arteries, CT; Pulmonary arteries, thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030716466     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.205.2.9356628     Document Type: Article

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