Prevalence of acute pulmonary embolism in central and subsegmental pulmonary arteries and relation to probability interpretation of ventilation/perfusion lung scans

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Volumn 111, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1246-1248

  Stein, Paul D ^a,b   Henry, Jerald W ^a  

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

^b Cardiac Wellness Center   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; pulmonary angiography; pulmonary embolism; pulmonary scintigraphy; thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0031007779     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.5.1246     Document Type: Article

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