Computed tomography pulmonary angiogram diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 193-200

  Subramaniam, R M ^a,b,c   Blair, D ^a   Gilbert, K ^a   Sleigh, J ^a,b   Karalus, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Pulmonary embolism; Spiral computed tomography angiogram

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ALGORITHM; ANTICOAGULATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33744739883     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01561.x     Document Type: Review

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