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VQ - Ventilation perfusion scan

Known as: vq scan, scans vq, scanning vq 
A nuclear imaging test that uses radiopharmaceuticals to produce an image of the blood flow to the lungs and measures the ability of the lungs to… (More)
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Radioisotope scan of lung

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VQ - Ventilation perfusion scan
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2013
2013
Contemporary trends in the diagnosis and management of pulmonary arterial hypertension: an initiative to close the care gap.
BACKGROUND The Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension-Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (PAHQuERI) was created to help clinicians… (More)
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2013
2013
Clinical profile and underdiagnosis of pulmonary hypertension in US veteran patients.
BACKGROUND Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a key contributor to cardiovascular morbidity and early mortality; however, reports are… (More)
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2008
2008
Multi-institutional study of symptomatic deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in prostate cancer patients undergoing laparoscopic or robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.
OBJECTIVES The true incidence of symptomatic deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients undergoing… (More)
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2005
2005
Risk factors for mortality in patients with upper extremity and internal jugular deep venous thrombosis.
OBJECTIVE To elucidate the natural history of upper extremity deep venous thrombosis (UEDVT), we examined factors that may… (More)
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2002
2002
Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism with spiral CT as a second procedure following scintigraphy
Our objective was to evaluate, in a routine clinical setting, the role of spiral CT as a second procedure in patients with… (More)
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1998
1998
Evaluation of D-dimer ELISA test in elderly patients with suspected pulmonary embolism.
STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical usefulness of D-dimer ELISA test in elderly patients with clinically suspected… (More)
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1997
1997
Timing of the occurrence of pulmonary embolism in trauma patients.
OBJECTIVE To determine how soon after trauma pulmonary embolism (PE) occurs and if there is an association between the duration… (More)
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1995
Highly Cited
1995
Detection of pulmonary embolism in patients with unresolved clinical and scintigraphic diagnosis: helical CT versus angiography.
OBJECTIVE This study was designed to prospectively compare helical CT with pulmonary angiography in the detection of pulmonary… (More)
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1992
1992
A prospective investigation of pulmonary embolism in women and men.
OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare, in women and men suspected of pulmonary embolism, the frequency, risk factors… (More)
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1988
1988
Risk, cost, and benefit of transporting ICU patients for special studies.
Prospective evaluation of 103 consecutive transports for diagnostic studies of 56 patients out of the Shock Trauma Unit over a 3… (More)
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