Evaluation of spiral computed tomography versus ventilation/perfusion scanning in patients clinically suspected of pulmonary embolism

In Vivo

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 873-878

  Katsouda, Emmanouela ^a   Mystakidou, Kyriaki ^a   Rapti, Aggeliki ^b   Argentos, Stelios ^c   Kelekis, Nikolaos L ^d   Mastorakou, Renata ^e   Anagnostopoulou, Ourania ^b   Kelekis, Dimitrios A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Sixth Pulmonary Clinic   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^e ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Pulmonary embolism; Spiral CT; V Q scanning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 23044496315     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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