Diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism

American Family Physician

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 913-919

  Wilbur, Jason ^a   Shian, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; D DIMER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; REVIEW; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84873498205     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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