Improving detection of venous thromboembolism: New technology holds promise for early, precise diagnosis

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 24-40

  Gill, Paramjit ^a   Nahum, Avi ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ALGORITHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0034665429     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2000.09.15.1231     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (24)

1. Overdiagnosis and overtreatment of pulmonary embolism: The emperor may have no clothes
2. An evaluation of clinical signs in the diagnosis of venous thrombosis
3. Predictive value of clinical criteria for the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis
4. Pulmonary angiography in pulmonary embolic disease
5. The diagnostic approach to acute venous thromboembolism. Clinical practice guideline. American Thoracic Society
6. Complications and validity of pulmonary angiography in acute pulmonary embolism
7. Value of the ventilation/perfusion scan in acute pulmonary embolism results of the prospective investigation of pulmonary embolism diagnosis (PIOPED) The PIOPED Investigators
8. Detection of deepvenous thrombosis by real-time B-mode ultrasonography
9. CT evaluation of pulmonary embolism: Technique and interpretation
10. The role of spiral volumetric computed tomography in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism
11. Acute pulmonary embolism: Role of helical CT in 164 patients with intermediate probability at ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy and normal results at duplex US of the legs
12. Acute pulmonary embolism: The role of computed tomographic imaging
13. Pulmonary arteries must be seen before they can be assessed
14. Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism with spiral CT: Comparison with pulmonary angiography and scintigraphy
15. Pulmonary embolism: Validation of spiral CT angiography in 149 patients
16. Anatomic distribution of pulmonary emboli at pulmonary angiography: Implications for cross-sectional imaging
17. Diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism: Time for a new approach
18. D-dimer plasma concentration in various clinical conditions: Implication for the use of this test in the diagnostic approach of venous thromboembolism
19. Rapid D-dimer assays to exclude deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism: Current status and new developments
20. Reliability of five rapid D-dimer assays compared to ELISA in the exclusion of deep venous thrombosis
21. A novel and rapid whole-blood assay for D-dimer in patients with clinically suspected deep vein thrombosis
22. D-dimer testing for suspected pulmonary embolism in outpatients
23. Deep venous thrombosis: Experience with gradient-echo MR imaging in 66 patients
24. Magnetic resonance imaging for calf deep venous thrombophlebitis