Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography and pulmonary embolism: predictive value of a d-dimer assay

BACKGROUND: Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) is increasingly being used as first investigation for suspected pulmonary embolism (PE). The investigation has high predictive value, but is resource and time intensive and exposes patients to considerable radiation. Our aim was to assess...

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Autores principales: Deonarine, Patricia, de Wet, Carl, McGhee, Alistair
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3305359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22340133
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-104

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