Diagnostic management of acute deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 412-422

  Huisman, M V ^a   Klok, F A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical decision rule; D dimer; Deep vein thrombosis; Diagnostic management; Imaging; Pulmonary embolism; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPLETE COMPRESSION ULTRASONOGRAPHY; COMPRESSION ULTRASONOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST VENOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENTILATION PERFUSION LUNG SCAN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84874965931     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jth.12124     Document Type: Review

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