Outcome studies of pulmonary embolism versus accuracy: They do not equate

Paul D. Stein; Afzal Beemath; Lawrence R. Goodman; Charles A. Hales; Russell D. Hull; H. Dirk Sostman; John G. Weg

doi:10.1160/TH06-07-0363

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Thromb Haemost 2006; 96(02): 107-108
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-07-0363

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Outcome studies of pulmonary embolism versus accuracy: They do not equate

Authors

Paul D. Stein

¹Department of Research, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital, Pontiac, Michigan

²Department of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Afzal Beemath

¹Department of Research, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital, Pontiac, Michigan
Lawrence R. Goodman

³Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Charles A. Hales

⁴Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Russell D. Hull

⁵Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
H. Dirk Sostman

⁶Office of the Dean, Weill Cornell Medical College and The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas
John G. Weg

⁷Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

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