Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism with spiral CT as a second procedure following scintigraphy

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1501-1507

  van Strijen, Marco J L ^a   de Monyé, Wouter ^b   Kieft, Gerard J ^a   Pattynama, Peter M T ^b,c   Huisman, Menno V ^b   Smith, Sierd J ^a   Bloem, Johan L ^b  

^a LEYENBURG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comparative studies; Computed tomography; Perfusion scan; Pulmonary angiography; Pulmonary embolism; Ventilation scan

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOMEPROL; IOMERON 350; IOPROMIDE; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENERATOR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 0037591923     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1709-3     Document Type: Article

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