Diagnostic utility of clinical probability, rapid plasma D-dimer assay, compression ultrasonography of the lower limbs and echocardiography in patients with suspected acute pulmonary embolism;Utilita dell'assoclazione di probabillita clinica, dossagio rapido plasmatico del D-dimero, ecografia compressiva degli arti inferiori ed ecocardiografia nella diagnosi di embolia polmonare acuta

Italian Heart Journal Supplement

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 116-121

  Bova, C ^a   Greco, F ^a   Ferrari, A ^a   Serafini, O ^a   Nicoletti, M ^a   Garofalo, R ^a   Misuraca, G ^a   Bisignani, G ^a   Plastina, F ^a   Pellegrini, A ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Pulmonary embolism; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; NYCOCARD; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG COMPRESSION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFUSION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ACUTE DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VASCULARIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033735301     PISSN: 11294728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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