Skip to main content
Thorax logoLink to Thorax
editorial
. 1995 Sep;50(9):930–932. doi: 10.1136/thx.50.9.930

Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism.

T M Hyers
PMCID: PMC1021302  PMID: 8539670

Full text

PDF
930

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Cogo A., Bernardi E., Prandoni P., Girolami B., Noventa F., Simioni P., Girolami A. Acquired risk factors for deep-vein thrombosis in symptomatic outpatients. Arch Intern Med. 1994 Jan 24;154(2):164–168. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Cogo A., Lensing A. W., Prandoni P., Hirsh J. Distribution of thrombosis in patients with symptomatic deep vein thrombosis. Implications for simplifying the diagnostic process with compression ultrasound. Arch Intern Med. 1993 Dec 27;153(24):2777–2780. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Ginsberg J. S., Wells P. S., Hirsh J., Panju A. A., Patel M. A., Malone D. E., McGinnis J., Stevens P., Brill-Edwards P. Reevaluation of the sensitivity of impedance plethysmography for the detection of proximal deep vein thrombosis. Arch Intern Med. 1994 Sep 12;154(17):1930–1933. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Heijboer H., Büller H. R., Lensing A. W., Turpie A. G., Colly L. P., ten Cate J. W. A comparison of real-time compression ultrasonography with impedance plethysmography for the diagnosis of deep-vein thrombosis in symptomatic outpatients. N Engl J Med. 1993 Nov 4;329(19):1365–1369. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199311043291901. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Hull R. D., Raskob G. E., Coates G., Panju A. A., Gill G. J. A new noninvasive management strategy for patients with suspected pulmonary embolism. Arch Intern Med. 1989 Nov;149(11):2549–2555. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Stein P. D., Athanasoulis C., Greenspan R. H., Henry J. W. Relation of plain chest radiographic findings to pulmonary arterial pressure and arterial blood oxygen levels in patients with acute pulmonary embolism. Am J Cardiol. 1992 Feb 1;69(4):394–396. doi: 10.1016/0002-9149(92)90240-y. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Stein P. D., Gottschalk A., Henry J. W., Shivkumar K. Stratification of patients according to prior cardiopulmonary disease and probability assessment based on the number of mismatched segmental equivalent perfusion defects. Approaches to strengthen the diagnostic value of ventilation/perfusion lung scans in acute pulmonary embolism. Chest. 1993 Nov;104(5):1461–1467. doi: 10.1378/chest.104.5.1461. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Stein P. D., Henry J. W., Gottschalk A. Mismatched vascular defects. An easy alternative to mismatched segmental equivalent defects for the interpretation of ventilation/perfusion lung scans in pulmonary embolism. Chest. 1993 Nov;104(5):1468–1471. doi: 10.1378/chest.104.5.1468. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Stein P. D., Henry J. W., Gottschalk A. The addition of clinical assessment to stratification according to prior cardiopulmonary disease further optimizes the interpretation of ventilation/perfusion lung scans in pulmonary embolism. Chest. 1993 Nov;104(5):1472–1476. doi: 10.1378/chest.104.5.1472. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Stein P. D., Terrin M. L., Hales C. A., Palevsky H. I., Saltzman H. A., Thompson B. T., Weg J. G. Clinical, laboratory, roentgenographic, and electrocardiographic findings in patients with acute pulmonary embolism and no pre-existing cardiac or pulmonary disease. Chest. 1991 Sep;100(3):598–603. doi: 10.1378/chest.100.3.598. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Wheeler H. B., Hirsh J., Wells P., Anderson F. A., Jr Diagnostic tests for deep vein thrombosis. Clinical usefulness depends on probability of disease. Arch Intern Med. 1994 Sep 12;154(17):1921–1928. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Thorax are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES