Clinically important pulmonary emboli: Does calf vein US alter outcomes?

Radiology

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-29

  Gottlieb, Ronald H ^a   Widjaja, Jani ^a   Mehra, Sonu ^a   Robinette, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Embolism, pulmonary; Extremities, thrombosis; Extremities, US

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG VEIN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIGH;

EID: 0032958273     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.211.1.r99ap0125     Document Type: Article

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