Pulmonary embolism in pregnancy: A diagnostic dilemma

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 603-608

  Fatima, Nosheen ^a   Uz Zaman, Maseeh ^b   Sajjad, Zafar ^b   Hashmi, Ibrahim ^c  

^a Karachi Institute of Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CT pulmonary angiography; DVT; MRA; Pulmonary embolism; Radiation exposure; V Q scans

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CARCINOGENICITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS RISK; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; SCINTISCANNING; TERATOGENICITY; VENOUS STASIS; X RAY;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIATION INJURIES;

EID: 81855161737     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: 18646433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-011-0515-x     Document Type: Article

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