Clinical significance and management of subsegmental pulmonary embolism

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 311-314

  Ikesaka, R ^a   Carrier, M ^a,b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Pulmonary embolism; Venous thromboembolism; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EQUIPOISE; FATALITY; HUMAN; ISOLATED SUBSEGMENTAL PULMONARY EMBOLISM; LEG THROMBOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANTS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84925534489     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: 1573742X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-015-1169-7     Document Type: Article

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