Should we treat subsegmental pulmonary embolism?;Faut-il traiter les embolies pulmonaires sous-segmentaires?

Journal des Maladies Vasculaires

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages

  Riopel, C ^a   Righini, M ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Multi detector computed tomography; Subsegmental pulmonary emblolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSEGMENTAL LUNG EMBOLISM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICOAGULANTS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860309366     PISSN: 03980499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0398-0499(11)70007-5     Document Type: Article

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