Are Three Diagnoses Always Better Than One?

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1037-1038

  Litt, Harold ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AORTIC ARCH SYNDROMES; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67849130982     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.07.001     Document Type: Editorial

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