Characteristics and outcomes of patients who undergo multiple computer tomographic pulmonary angiograms (CTPAs) for suspected pulmonary embolism (PE)

Abigail Sharpe (Middlesbrough, United Kingdom), Abigail Sharpe, Richard Hartley, George Antunes

Source: International Congress 2015 – A more functional view of chest pathology
Session: A more functional view of chest pathology
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 3745
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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