Radionuclide imaging of acute pulmonary embolism

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1035-1052

  Worsley, Daniel F ^a   Alavi, Abass ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034809749     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-8389(05)70327-4     Document Type: Article

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