Value of negative spiral CT angiography in patients with suspected acute PE: Analysis of PE occurrence and outcome

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-98

  Krestan, Christian R ^a   Klein, N ^a   Fleischmann, D ^a   Kaneider, A ^a   Novotny, C ^a   Kreuzer, S ^a   Riedl, C ^a   Minar, E ^a   Janata, K ^a   Herold, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Clinical effectiveness; Helical computed tomography; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; D DIMER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY ARTERY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 0842280677     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-003-2016-3     Document Type: Review

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