Spiral Computed Tomography for Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Circulation

Volumn 109, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 2160-2167

  Schoepf, U Joseph ^a   Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^a   Costello, Philip ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Embolism; Imaging; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERIAL GAS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LUNG; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 2442568734     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000128813.04325.08     Document Type: Review

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