Diagnosing acute pulmonary embolism: Systematic review of evidence base and cost-effectiveness of imaging tests

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 304-314

  Henzler, Thomas ^a,b   Schoenberg, Stefan O ^a   Joseph Schoepf, U ^b   Fink, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; diagnosis; evidence; pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CATHETER; CATHETER PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PULMONARY ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULTRASOUND;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84865781247     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e31825da2bc     Document Type: Article

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