Diagnosing pulmonary embolism: Clinical problem or methodological issue?

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 522-528

  Lucignani, Giovanni ^a   Pistolesi, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 60549086386     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-008-1059-8     Document Type: Review

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