Helical CT for the evaluation of acute pulmonary embolism

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 135-149

  Patel, Smita ^a   Kazerooni, Ella A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; LUNG; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIATION DOSAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 24644438818     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.185.1.01850135     Document Type: Review

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