Diagnosis of suspected venous thromboembolism

Hematology (United States)

Volumn 2016, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 397-403

  Kearon, Clive ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEG PHLEBOGRAPHY; LEG VEIN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PROBABILITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER LIMB; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; AGE; ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES;

AGE FACTORS; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 85014091814     PISSN: 15204391     EISSN: 15204383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/asheducation-2016.1.397     Document Type: Article

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