Diagnostic accuracy of single-photon emission tomography ventilation/perfusion lung scan in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

Chest

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 381-387

  Le Duc Pennec, Alexandra ^a,b,c   Le Roux, Pierre Yves ^a,b,c   Cornily, Jean Christophe ^a,b,d   Jaffrelot, Morgan ^d   Delluc, Aurélien ^a,b,e   De Saint Martin, Luc ^a,b,e   Guillo, Philippe ^a,b,c   Le Gal, Grégoire ^a,e   Salaun, Pierre Yves ^a,b,c   Leroyer, Christophe ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^b Universite de Brest   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^d SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84856728150     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-0090     Document Type: Article

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