Treatment of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism and intermediate-probability lung scans: Is diagnostic imaging underused?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1355-1357

  Khorasani, Ramin ^a   Gudas, Thomas F ^a   Nikpoor, Nayer ^a   Polak, Joseph F ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VENA CAVA FILTER;

EID: 0030760617     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.169.5.9353458     Document Type: Article

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