Computerized tomographic pulmonary angiography versus ventilation perfusion lung scanning for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 425-429

  Anderson, David R ^a   Barnes, David C ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography; Deep vein thrombosis; Pulmonary embolism; Ventilation perfusion lung scanning

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG PHLEBOGRAPHY; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SAFETY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 68949173698     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e32832d6b98     Document Type: Review

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