Role of venous duplex imaging of lower extremity for pulmonary embolism diagnostic;Valor del Eco-Doppler venoso de miembros inferiores en el algoritmo diagnostico de embolismo pulmonar

Angiologia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 71-76

  Torres, J A ^a   Aracil, E ^a   Puras, E ^a   Utrilla, A ^a   Bernai, C ^a   Chinchilla, A ^a   Gandarias, C ^a   Ocana, ^a   Haurie, ^a   Perera, M ^a   Ciiesta, C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deep venous thrombosis; Echo Doppler; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEG THROMBOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 6544261951     PISSN: 00033170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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