A reduced role of V/Q scintigraphy in the diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1405-1407

  Strashun, Arnold M ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ALLERGIC REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 34548552740     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.041988     Document Type: Review

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