Pulmonary thromboembolism - Evaluating the indication and effect of a vena caval filter with indium-111-platelet scintigraphy

Circulation Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 599-601

  Yagi, Akiko ^a,b   Oriuchi, Noboru ^a   Sato, Noriko ^a   Aoki, Jun ^a   Higuchi, Tetsuya ^a   Endo, Keigo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Platelet scintigraphy; Pulmonary thromboembolism; Vena cava filter

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE IN 111;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LEG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCINTIGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOGENESIS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; VENA CAVA FILTER;

BLOOD PLATELETS; HUMANS; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RECURRENCE; VENA CAVA FILTERS;

EID: 3042790866     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.68.599     Document Type: Article

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