Chest multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) in patients with suspected acute pulmonary embolism: Diagnostic yield and proportion of other clinically relevant findings;Tomografia computerizzata multidetettore (TCMD) del torace in pazienti con sospetta embolia polmonare acuta: Resa diagnostica e proporzione di altri reperti di rilevanza clinica

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 219-229

  Cereser, L ^a   Bagatto, D ^a   Girometti, R ^a   Como, G ^a   Zuiani, C ^a   Bazzocchi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Pneumonia; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79953692974     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-010-0612-2     Document Type: Article

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