Association of D-dimers and helicoidal thoracic scanner for diagnosing pulmonary embolism: Prospective study of 106 ambulatory patients;Association D-diméres et scanner thoracique hélicoïdal pour le diagnostic d'embolie pulmonaire: Étude prospective chez 106 patients ambulatoires

Presse Medicale

Volumn 31, Issue 1 I, 2002, Pages 13-18

  Pacouret, G ^a   Marie, O ^a   Alison, D ^a   Delahousse, B ^a   Fichaux, O ^a   Peycher, P ^a   Djeffal Vincentelli, D ^a   Potier, J M ^a   Gruel, Y ^a   Charbonnier, B ^a  

^a SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PULMOCIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HELICOIDAL THORACIC SCANNER; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; AMBULATORY CARE; BLOOD; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 0037065466     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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