Complete venous ultrasound in outpatients with suspected pulmonary embolism

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 406-412

  Righini, Marc ^a   Le Gal, G ^b   Aujesky, D ^c   Roy, P M ^d   Sanchez, O ^e   Verschuren, F ^f   Kossovsky, M ^a   Bressollette, L ^b   Meyer, G ^e   Perrier, A ^a   Bounameaux, H ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^f CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Compression ultrasonography; D dimer; Diagnostic strategy; Distal deep vein thrombosis; Helical computed tomography; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 59849095088     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2008.03264.x     Document Type: Article

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