The diagnostic management of acute venous thromboembolism during pregnancy: Recent advancements and unresolved issues

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 127, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages

  Tan, M ^a   Huisman, M V ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Pregnancy; Venous thromboembolism (VTE)

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; D DIMER; GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPRESSION ULTRASONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACUTE DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 79251504596     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-3848(11)70005-6     Document Type: Article

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