Multislice computed tomography for pulmonary embolism - A technological marvel

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 352, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1812-1814

  Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EMBOLECTOMY; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LEG; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 17644370619     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe058041     Document Type: Editorial

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