Chest radiographs in acute pulmonary embolism: Results from the International Cooperative Pulmonary Embolism Registry

Chest

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-38

  Elliott, C Gregory ^a   Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^b   Visani, Luigi ^c   DeRosa, Marisa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HyperPhar   (Italy)

^d CINECA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chest radiograph; Echocardiography; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOKINESIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033929511     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.118.1.33     Document Type: Article

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