How i diagnose acute pulmonary embolism

Blood

Volumn 121, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 4443-4448

  Huisman, Menno V ^a   Klok, Frederikus A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINUS RHYTHM; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; VENTILATION PERFUSION SCINTIGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT; ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880306969     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2013-03-453050     Document Type: Article

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