The diagnosis of symptomatic recurrent pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis: Guidance from the SSC of the ISTH

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1597-1602

  Ageno, W ^a   Squizzato, A ^a   Wells, P S ^b   Buller H R ^c   Johnson, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; D DIMER;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN VEIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POPLITEAL VEIN; POSTTHROMBOSIS SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VEIN DIAMETER; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECURRENCE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84881529918     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jth.12301     Document Type: Article

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