Possible pulmonary embolus: Evaluation with digital subtraction versus cut-film angiography - Prospective study in 80 patients

Radiology

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 131-138

  Johnson, Matthew S ^a   Stine, Stephen B ^a   Shah, Himanshu ^a   Harris, Veronica J ^a   Ambrosius, Walter T ^a   Trerotola, Scott O ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography, comparative studies; Embolism, pulmonary; Pulmonary angiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031972373     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.207.1.9530308     Document Type: Article

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