Is it safe to withhold long-term anticoagulation therapy in patients with small pulmonary emboli diagnosed by SPECT scintigraphy?

Thrombosis Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ghazvinian, R ^a   Gottsater A ^a   Elf, J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Small PE; Subsegmental pulmonary embolism; V P SPECT; Withholding conventional AC therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971571032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14779560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12959-016-0086-0     Document Type: Article

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