Excluding pulmonary embolism with helical (spiral) computed tomography: Evidence is catching up with enthusiasm

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1430-1431

  Kearon, Clive ^a,b  

^a HENDERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; NOTE; PULMONARY ARTERY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037527650     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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