Usefulness of Pulmonary Arterial Flow Discordance to Identify Pulmonary Embolism

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 579-583

  Hsiao, Shih Hung ^a   Lee, Chiu Yen ^a   Chang, Shu Mei ^a   Yang, Shu Hsin ^a   Lin, Shih Kai ^a   Chiou, Kuan Rau ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846841966     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.08.068     Document Type: Article

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