Diagnostic imaging and risk stratification of patients with acute pulmonary embolism

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-24

  Burns, Stephanie K ^a   Haramati, Linda B ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography pulmonary angiography; pulmonary embolism; risk stratification; ventilation perfusion scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; IONIZING RADIATION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFARCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE VENOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 83255192505     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: 15384683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CRD.0b013e31822d2a6a     Document Type: Review

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