Diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary embolism: Up to date;Attualità in tema di diagnosi e terapia dell'embolia polmonare

GIMT - Giornale Italiano delle Malattie del Torace

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 477-487

  Masotti, L ^a,b   Landini, G ^a   Vecce, R ^a   Antonelli, F ^a   Cappelli, R ^b   Rottoli, P ^b  

^a Ospedale di Cecina   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Pulmonary embolism; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CERTOPARIN; D DIMER; DALTEPARIN; DICOUMAROL; ENOXAPARIN; NADROPARIN; REVIPARIN; TINZAPARIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33646459622     PISSN: 11270810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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