Spiral computed tomography is comparable to angiography for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 3 I, 2000, Pages 1010-1015

  Baile, Elisabeth M ^a   King, Gregory G ^a   Müller, Nestor L ^a   D'Yachkova, Yulia ^a   Coche, Emmanuel E ^a   Paré, Peter D ^a   Mayo, John R ^a  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SWINE;

EID: 0034068022     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.161.3.9904067     Document Type: Article

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