Value of ventilation/perfusion SPECT detecting extensive pulmonary embolism in a patient with pneumonia

Carl-Gustav Olsson; Marika Bajc; Björn Jonson; Ulf Albrechtsson

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1616570

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thromb Haemost 2005; 93(05): 993-994
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1616570

Case Report

Schattauer GmbH

Value of ventilation/perfusion SPECT detecting extensive pulmonary embolism in a patient with pneumonia

Carl-Gustav Olsson

²Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Lund, Lund, Sweden

,

Marika Bajc

¹Center for Medical Imaging and Clinical Physiology

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Björn Jonson

¹Center for Medical Imaging and Clinical Physiology

,

Ulf Albrechtsson

^†Ulf Albrechtsson M. D., Ph. D, in memoriam

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