Fortnightly review: The diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7078, 1997, Pages 425-429

  Fennerty, Tony ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MORTALITY; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING; SHORT SURVEY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BREATHING DISORDER; HEART DISEASE; LEG; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LEG; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; VEINS;

EID: 0031559050     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7078.425     Document Type: Short Survey

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