In the era of multislice CT, do we still need leg ultrasonography to diagnose pulmonary embolism?

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 688-689

  Stein, Paul D ^a,b   Goodman, Lawrence R ^c,d   Sostman, H Dirk ^e  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY OAKLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG PHLEBOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LEG; PATIENT SELECTION; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 55149104775     PISSN: 17434297     EISSN: 17434300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio1345     Document Type: Note

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