A comparison of single-photon emission CT lung scintigraphy and CT pulmonary angiography for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

Chest

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1546-1553

  Miles, Susan ^a,b   Rogers, Kerry M ^b   Thomas, Paul ^b,c   Soans, Barry ^b   Attia, John ^b,d   Abel, Christian ^b   Holt, Elizabeth ^b   D'Este, Catherine A ^d   Hensley, Michael J ^b,e  

^a CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROSALB TC 99M; TECHNEGAS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPTIC SHOCK; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 73149111747     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-0361     Document Type: Article

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