Pulmonary embolism revealed on helical CT angiography: Comparison with ventilation-perfusion radionuclide lung scanning

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1041-1047

  Blachere, H ^a   Latrabe, V ^a   Montaudon, M ^a   Valli, N ^a   Couffinhal, T ^a   Raherisson, C ^a   Leccia, F ^a   Laurent, F ^a,b  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL; IOVERSOL; MACROSALB TC 99M; TECHNEGAS; XENON 133;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG VEIN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0034127134     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.174.4.1741041     Document Type: Article

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