Pulmonary embolism: Diagnosis with spiral CT and ventilation-perfusion scanning - Correlation with pulmonary angiographic results or clinical outcome

Radiology

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 201-208

  Garg, Kavita ^a,b   Welsh, Carol H ^a,b   Feyerabend, Angela J ^a   Subber, Stephen W ^a,b   Russ, Paul D ^a   Johnston, Robert J ^a,b   Durham, Janette D ^a   Lynch, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), comparative studies; Embolism, pulmonary, 60.72, 944.77; Lung, CT, 60.1211, 60.12115; Lung, radionuclide studies, 60.12171, 60.12176; Pulmonary arteries CT, 944.12912, 944.12915; Radionuclide imaging, comparative studies, 60.72

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031878546     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.208.1.9646814     Document Type: Article

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