Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: In transition

Current Opinion in Hematology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 344-350

  Bounameaux, Henri ^a   Perrier, Arnaud ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clinical probability; Elderly; Helical computed tomography; Pulmonary embolism; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; D DIMER; FIBRIN;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33746710403     PISSN: 10656251     EISSN: 15317048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.moh.0000239706.63168.a7     Document Type: Review

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