Evaluation of suspected pulmonary embolism in pregnancy

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-4

  Elliott, Charles Gregory ^a,b  

^a INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; D DIMER;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; LEG COMPRESSION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PUERPERIUM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 84855164044     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e31823ba521     Document Type: Editorial

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