Subsequent pulmonary embolism: Risk after a negative helical CT pulmonary angiogram - Prospective comparison with scintigraphy

Radiology

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 535-542

  Goodman, Lawrence R ^a   Lipchik, Randolph J ^a   Kuzo, Ronald S ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   McAuliffe, Timothy L ^a   O'Brien, Daniel J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), comparative studies; Computed tomography (CT), helical; Embolism, pulmonary; Lung, perfusion; Lung, ventilation; Pulmonary arteries, CT

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL; MACROSALB TC 99M; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM; PYROPHOSPHATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; RISK;

EID: 0033999934     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.215.2.r00ma23535     Document Type: Article

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