Risk stratification in pulmonary embolism: An algorithmic tool approach

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1098-1099

  Ahmad, N ^a   Srinivasan, K ^b   Moudgil, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ALGORITHM; AMBULATORY MONITORING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM SEVERITY INDEX; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 81555203544     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2011.159699     Document Type: Letter

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