Diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1251-1261

  Righini, M ^a   Robert Ebadi, H ^a   Le Gal, G ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

age adjusted cutoff; computed tomography scanner; fibrin degradation product; prediction rule; pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION ULTRASONOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FAINTNESS; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SHOCK; SUBSEGMENTAL PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SYMPTOM; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENTILATION PERFUSION LUNG SCINTIGRAPHY; ACUTE DISEASE; BLEEDING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HEMATOLOGY; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 85021762550     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jth.13694     Document Type: Article

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