Clinically suspected pulmonary embolism: Is it safe to withhold anticoagulation after a negative spiral CT

European Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-72

  Gottsater A ^a   Berg, A ^a   Centergard J ^a   Frennby, B ^a   Nirhov, N ^a   Nyman, U ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CT; Pulmonary arteriography; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX CANCER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034879608     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300000539     Document Type: Article

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