Diagnostic accuracy of SPECT ventilation-perfusion scan vs CT pulmonary angiography in high risk patients for pulmonary embolism

R. Mahdavi, J. Fayyaz, S. Scharf, M. Rogers, L. Difabrizio (New York, United States Of America)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Pulmonary embolism
Session: Pulmonary embolism
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 4512
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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