Pulmonary CT angiography in patients suspected of having pulmonary embolism: Case finding or screening procedure?

Radiology

Volumn 256, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 334-337

  Pistolesi, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

BAYES THEOREM; CASE FINDING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955153758     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10100662     Document Type: Editorial

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