Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography and pulmonary embolism: predictive value of a d-dimer assay
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PULMONARY VASCULATURE Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography and prognostic significance in patients with acute pulmonary embolism
Background: Patients with acute pulmonary embolism (APE) present with a broad spectrum of prognoses. Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) has progressively been established as a first line test in the APE diagnostic algorithm, but estimation of short term prognosis by this method remains to be explored. Methods: Eighty two patients admitted with APE were divided into three groups a...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Research Notes
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1756-0500
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-104