Perfusion Lung Scintigraphy for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism: A Reappraisal and Review of the Prospective Investigative Study of Acute Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis Methods

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 450-461

  Miniati, Massimo ^a   Sostman, H Dirk ^b   Gottschalk, Alexander ^c   Monti, Simonetta ^d   Pistolesi, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG; PERFUSION IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 52949139355     PISSN: 00012998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2008.06.001     Document Type: Review

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