SPECT ventilation perfusion scanning with the addition of low-dose CT for the investigation of suspected pulmonary embolism

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1257-1261

  Ling, I T ^a   Naqvi, H A ^a   Siew, T K ^a   Loh, N K ^a   Ryan, G F ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diagnosis; Pulmonary embolism; SPECT V Q; Ventilation perfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOW DOSE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS; CREATININE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 84869823384     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02939.x     Document Type: Article

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