New PIOPED Recommendations for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1001-1002

  Dalen, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EMBOLECTOMY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUIPMENT; GOLD STANDARD; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY ARTERY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 37849187946     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.06.034     Document Type: Editorial

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