Emergency diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

Heart

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 607-609

  Riedel, M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034762572     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.85.6.607     Document Type: Editorial

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