Ventilation-perfusion lung scintigraphy as a guide for pulmonary angiography in the localization of pulmonary emboli

Radiology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-57

  Davey, Neil C ^a,b   Smith, Tony P ^a   Hanson, Michael W ^a   Lee, Vivian S ^a   Stackhouse, Daniel J ^a,c   Coleman, R Edward ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^c Charlotte Radiology PA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embolism, pulmonary; Lung, radionuclide studies; Pulmonary angiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG LOBE; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0032886926     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.213.1.r99oc5051     Document Type: Article

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