Clinically suspected acute pulmonary embolism: A comparison of presentation, radiological features and outcome in patients with and without PE

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 407-414

  Akram, Ahsan R ^a,d   Cowell, G W ^a   Logan, L J A ^a   MacDougall, M ^b   Reid, J H ^c   Murchison, J T ^d   Simpson, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c BORDERS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; STROKE;

EID: 67849108229     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcp041     Document Type: Article

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