Chinese multi-center study of lung scintigraphy and CT pulmonary angiography for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1799-1805

  He, Jia ^a   Wang, Feng ^b   Dai, Hao Jie ^b   Li, Mei ^b   Wang, Qian ^c   Yao, Zhiming ^d   Lv, Bin ^a   Xiong, Chang Ming ^a   He, Jian Guo ^a   Liu, Zhi Hong ^a   He, Zuo Xiang ^a   Fang, Wei ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Chest radiography; CTPA; Diagnosis; Lung scintigraphy; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERFUSION IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870409934     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-012-0013-9     Document Type: Article

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