Performance of magnetic resonance angiography in suspected acute pulmonary embolism

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 503-511

  Blum, Alain ^a,c   Bellou, Abdelouahab ^a,d   Guillemin, Francis ^a,g   Douek, Philippe ^b   Laprévote Heully, Marie Claude ^a,e   Wahl, Denis ^a,h   Walter, Frédéric ^c   Ludig, Thomas ^c   Iochum, Sandrine ^c   Pierrucci, Francis ^c   Henrot, Philippe ^c   Zhu, Xavier ^c   Noisette, Isabelle ^c   Lambert, Henri ^d   Maignan, Michel ^d   Deibener, Joelle ^d   Segondy, Mickaël ^d   Bollaert, Pierre Edouard ^e   Boussat, Sandrine ^e   Lévy, Bruno ^e   Nace, Lionel ^e   Dusang, Benjamin ^e   de Maistre, Emmanuel ^f   Lecompte, Thomas ^f   Klein, Sylvie ^g   Danielou, Fabrice ^g   Barbotte, Eric ^g   El Mezahem, Ahmed ^g   Frédéric, Muriel ^h   Saadi, Leilah ^h   Peret Guillaume, Christine ^h   Morisset, Martine ⁱ   Maghiar, Albinka ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c Service d'Imagerie Guilloz   (France)

^d Service d'Accueil des Urgences   (France)

^e Service de Reanimation Medicale   (France)

^f Service d'Hematologie Biologique   (France)

^g Service d'Epidemiol/d'Eval Clin   (France)

^h Service de Médecine H   (France)

ⁱ Serv Med Interne Allergol Immunol   (France)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance angiography; Pulmonary embolism; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; GADOLINIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG COMPRESSION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 20144369220     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH04-08-0495     Document Type: Article

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