Do preliminary chest X-ray findings define the optimum role of pulmonary scintigraphy in suspected pulmonary embolism?

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 397-400

  Forbes, Kirsten P N ^a   Reid, John H ^a,b   Murchison, John T ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BORDERS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embolism; Lung; Pulmonary; Radiography; Radionuclide studies

Indexed keywords

XENON 133;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035342299     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/crad.2000.0670     Document Type: Article

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