Using clinical evaluation and lung scan to rule out suspected pulmonary embolism: Is it a valid option in patients with normal results of lower-limb venous compression ultrasonography?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 512-516

  Perrier, Arnaud ^a   Miron, Marie José ^a   Desmarais, Sylvie ^b   De Moerloose, Philippe ^a   Slosman, Daniel ^a   Didier, Dominique ^a   Unger, Pierre François ^a   Junod, Alain ^a   Patenaude, Jean Victor ^b   Bounameaux, Henri ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; D DIMER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LEG; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SAFETY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0034723742     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.4.512     Document Type: Article

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