Diagnosing acute pulmonary embolism: Effect of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on the performance of D-dimer testing, ventilation/perfusion scintigraphy, spiral computed tomographic angiography, and conventional angiography

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2232-2237

  Hartmann, Ieneke J C ^a   Hagen, Petronella J ^b   Melissant, Christian F ^b   Postmus, Pieter E ^b   Prins, Martin H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034518938     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.6.2006030     Document Type: Article

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