Utilization of CT-PA in an emergency department with readily available V/Q scintigraphy

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 75-78

  Grishina, Alla ^a   Haramati, Linda B ^a   Hoppenfeld, Brad ^a   Freeman, Leonard M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Embolism; Lung; Pulmonary; Pulmonary arteries; Radionuclide studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036637683     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-002-0197-8     Document Type: Article

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