Diagnosis of venous thromboembolism: An update

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 399-406

  Bounameaux, Henri ^a   Perrier, Arnaud ^a   Righini, Marc ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

clinical probability; D dimer; deep vein thrombosis; helical CT; pulmonary embolism; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

AGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77957771443     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X10378788     Document Type: Review

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