Computed tomographic venography is specific but not sensitive for diagnosis of acute lower-extremity deep venous thrombosis in patients with suspected pulmonary embolus

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 798-804

  Peterson, David A ^a   Kazerooni, Ella A ^a   Wakefield, Thomas W ^a   Knipp, Brian S ^a   Forauer, Andrew R ^a   Bailey, Brenda J ^a   Sullivan, Vita V ^a   Proctor, Mary C ^a   Henke, Peter K ^a   Greenfield, Lazar J ^a   Stanley, James C ^a   Upchurch, Gilbert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0035514685     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2001.118803     Document Type: Article

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