Clinical usefulness of imaging performed after CT angiography that was negative for pulmonary embolus in a high-risk oncologic population

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1205-1208

  Ginsberg, Michelle S ^a   Oh, Jeanna ^a   Welber, Adam ^a   Panicek, David M ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036839529     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.179.5.1791205     Document Type: Article

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