Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism;Diagnostic de l'embolie pulmonaire

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 790-799

  Robert Ebadi, H ^a   Righini, M ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clinical probability; CT; D dimer; Diagnosis; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 80052882076     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: 17762588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2010.10.039     Document Type: Review

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