Suspected pulmonary embolism: Prevalence and anatomic distribution in 487 consecutive patients

Radiology

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 184-188

  De Monyé, Wouter ^a   Van Strijen, Marco J L ^b   Huisman, Menno V ^a   Kieft, Gerard J ^b   Pattynama, Peter M T ^a,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEYENBURG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Embolism, pulmonary; Lung, CT; Lung, radionuclide studies; Pulmonary angiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034068353     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.215.1.r00ap22184     Document Type: Article

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