Deep venous thrombosis: Withholding anticoagulation therapy after negative complete lower limb US findings

Radiology

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 348-352

  Subramaniam, Rathan M ^a,b,c   Heath, Rebekah ^a   Chou, Tina ^a   Cox, Kim ^a   Davis, Gavin ^a   Swarbrick, Michael ^a  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LEG; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SYMPTOM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 25144503360     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2371041294     Document Type: Article

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