Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography to diagnose acute pulmonary embolism: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 1966-1968

  Schattner, Ami ^a  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG NODULE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73249127734     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.400     Document Type: Note

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