Value of venous color flow duplex scan as initial screening test for geriatric inpatients with clinically suspected pulmonary embolism

AIM: The contribution of lower extremity venous duplex scan to the diagnostic strategy for pulmonary embolism has been demonstrated by many authors. However, the positive diagnostic value of this noninvasive test in clinically suspected pulmonary embolism is not very high (10%–18%). Since thromboemb...

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Autores principales: Kreidy, Raghid, Stephan, Elias, Salameh, Pascale, Waked, Mirna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3180512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21966223
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/VHRM.S23913

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3180512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21966223
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/VHRM.S23913

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