Pulmonary Embolism as a Consequence of Ultrasonographic Examination of Extremities for Suspected Venous Thrombosis: A Systematic Review

Congress:

ESCR 2015

Poster Number:

P-0015

Type:

Scientific Poster

Keywords:

Extremities, Vascular, Ultrasound, Complications, Diagnostic procedure, Embolism / Thrombosis

Authors:

G. mehdipoor¹, A. Arjmand Shabestari¹, G. Y. Lip², B. Bikdeli³; ¹Tehran/IR, ²Birmingham/UK, ³New Haven/US

DOI:

DOI-Link:

https://dx.doi.org/

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