Pulmonary embolism and spiral computerized tomographic scans

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 430-438

  Ragni, Margaret V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Pulmonary embolism; Spiral computerized tomography

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 68949165952     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e32832d860d     Document Type: Review

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