Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism: Have We Reached Our Goal?
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Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: have we reached our goal?
Accessible online at: www.karger.com/res Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common disease that may be fatal if untreated, while it may show a favorable course when promptly recognized and treated. Although clinicians have searched for objective tests to confirm or rule out the diagnosis, PE remains a challenging diagnostic problem since it is detected only at autopsy in about two thirds of cases, ev...
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عنوان ژورنال: Respiration
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0025-7931,1423-0356
DOI: 10.1159/000075644