Pathophysiology of venous thrombosis, thrombophilia, and the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis-pulmonary embolism in the elderly

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-92

  Merli, Geno J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; GERIATRICS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; INTIMA; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOPHILIA; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOPHILIA; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 29244492274     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2005.09.012     Document Type: Review

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