The use of a D-dimer assay in patients undergoing CT pulmonary angiography for suspected pulmonary embolus

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-46

  Burkill, Guy J C ^a   Bell, James R G ^a   Chinn, Roger J S ^a   Healy, Jeremiah C ^a   Costello, Christine ^a   Acton, Lyn ^a   Padley, Simon P G ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CT; D dimer; Embolism; Pulmonary; Pulmonary arteries; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEART RATE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036042625     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/crad.2001.0740     Document Type: Article

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