Utility of an integrated clinical, echocardiographic, and venous ultrasonographic approach for triage of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1230-1235

  Grifoni, Stefano ^a,b   Olivotto, Iacopo ^a,b,c   Cecchini, Paolo ^a,b   Pieralli, Filippo ^a,b   Camaiti, Alberto ^a,b   Santoro, Gennaro ^a,b   Pieri, Alessandro ^a,b   Toccafondi, Simone ^a,b   Magazzini, Simone ^a,b   Berni, Giancarlo ^a,b   Agnelli, Giancarlo ^a,b  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0032533805     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00612-2     Document Type: Article

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