Sonography of lung and pleura in pulmonary embolism: Sonomorphologic characterization and comparison with spiral CT scanning

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Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1977-1983

  Reissig, Angelika ^a   Heyne, Jens Peter ^a   Kroegel, Claus ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pulmonary embolism; Spiral CT scanning; Transthoracic sonography of lung and pleura

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INJURY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035680803     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.6.1977     Document Type: Article

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