European Journal of Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 2 , Pages 220-226 , May 2007

Can multislice CT alone rule out reliably pulmonary embolism? A prospective study

  • Jose Pamies Guilabert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico de Adultos, Hospital Universitario La FE, Avenida Campanar No. 21, 46009 Valencia, Spain. Tel.: +34 96 349 86 45; fax: +34 96 386 27 32.
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  • Dolores Nauffal Manzur

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Spain
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  • Maria J. Torres Tarrasa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Spain
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  • Maximiliano Lloret Llorens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Spain
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  • Petra Braun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital La Plana of Vila-real, Spain
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  • Maria P. Bello Arques

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Spain

Received 11 September 2006 ,Revised 23 November 2006 ,Accepted 24 November 2006.

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PII: S0720-048X(06)00520-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.11.032

European Journal of Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 2 , Pages 220-226 , May 2007

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