Clinical outcome of patients with intermediate probability lung scans during six-month follow-up

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1593-1596

  Jacobson, Arnold F ^a,b   Patel, Naresh ^a   Lewis, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Nuclear Medicine (115)   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical outcome; Deep venous thrombosis; Pulmonary embolism; Ventilation perfusion lung scan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TIME FACTORS; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO; XENON RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0030744922     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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