Lung scintigraphy and helical computed tomography for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: A meta-analysis

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 87-92

  Van Beek, Edwin J R ^a   Brouwers, Elise M J ^b   Bing Song, B ^b,c   Bongaerts, Alfons H H ^d   Oudkerk, Matthijs ^d  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c WEST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Helical computed tomography; Lung scintigraphy; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035086855     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107602960100700202     Document Type: Article

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