Comparison of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography and conventional pulmonary angiography for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: A prospective study

Lancet

Volumn 359, Issue 9318, 2002, Pages 1643-1647

  Oudkerk, Matthijs ^a,d   Van Beek, Edwin J R ^b   Wielopolski, Piotr ^a   Van Ooijen, Peter M A ^d   Brouwers Kuyper, Elise M J ^a   Bongaerts, Alfons H H ^a,d   Berghout, Arie ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Medisch Centrum Rijnmond Zuid   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPROMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZING RADIATION; ISOLATED LUNG; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037062132     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08596-3     Document Type: Article

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