Perfusion SPECT in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1432-1437

  Bajc, Marika ^a   Miniati, Massimo ^b   Jögi, Jonas ^a   Stein, Paul D ^c,d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ST MARY MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung scintigraphy; Perfusion SPECT; Pulmonary embolism; Ventilation perfusion SPECT

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION IMAGING; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIONUCLIDE ANGIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 84881639250     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-013-2425-8     Document Type: Article

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