Noninvasive diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

Chest

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1294-1298

  Salaun, Pierre Yves ^a,b,c   Couturaud, Francis ^a,b,d   Le Duc Pennec, Alexandra ^a,b,c   Lacut, Karine ^a,b,d   Le Roux, Pierre Yves ^a,b,c   Guillo, Philippe ^a,b,c   Pennec, Pierre Yves ^a,b,c   Cornily, Jean Christophe ^a,b,c   Leroyer, Christophe ^a,b,d   Le Gal, Grégoire ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^c SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^d BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; D DIMER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPRESSION ULTRASONOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHM; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION SCAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SCINTIGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; COHORT STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 79958753046     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-1209     Document Type: Article

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