Improving the diagnostic yield of PE using the BTS pathway: The experience of a UK district general hospital

C. Batista, T. Ho (Camberley, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Prediction of pulmonary thromboembolism
Session: Prediction of pulmonary thromboembolism
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 3937
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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