Subsegmental pulmonary embolism: A narrative review

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 55-60

  Peiman, Soheil ^a   Abbasi, Mehrshad ^a   Allameh, Seyed Farshad ^a   Asadi Gharabaghi, Mehrnaz ^a   Abtahi, Hamidreza ^a   Safavi, Enayat ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anticoagulants; Disease management; Multidetector computed tomography; Perfusion imaging; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; REVIEW; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VEIN THROMBOSIS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANTICOAGULANTS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84950302112     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: 18792472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2015.12.003     Document Type: Review

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