Equipment availability and diagnostic strategies for suspected pulmonary embolism in Austria

European Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2287-2294

  Schibany, N ^a   Fleischmann, D ^a   Thallinger, C ^a   Schibany, A ^a   Hahne, J ^a   Ba Ssalamah, A ^a   Herold, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

CT; Diagnostic strategy; Equipment availability; Pulmonary angiography; Pulmonary embolism; Survey; Ventilation perfusion scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LEG; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICINE; ORTHOPEDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SURGERY;

AUSTRIA; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034759629     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300100906     Document Type: Article

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