Pulmonary Embolism: A Clinician's Perspective

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 404-411

  Wells, Philip S ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; D DIMER;

ALGORITHM; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPNEA; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PREMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SAFETY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 52949115219     PISSN: 00012998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2008.06.004     Document Type: Review

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