Pulmonary Embolism at CT Angiography: Implications for Appropriateness, Cost, and Radiation Exposure in 2003 Patients. Radiology, 2010; 10091624 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10091624 ...

The researchers found that, in the eight years since the introduction of CT pulmonary angiography in 1998, there has been an 80% increase in the age-adjusted incidence of pulmonary embolism (from ...

Emergency physicians are still too often turning to CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) to evaluate suspected pulmonary embolism (PE), recent data from two US metropolitan areas indicate. Of more than 1.8 ...

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Pulmonary CT Angiography Identifies Disease And Injury Beyond The Pulmonary Arteries In Children Date: August 19, 2009 Source: American Roentgen Ray Society Summary: Computed tomography ...

Extending CT scanning to include the legs, where the clots typically originate, may improve efforts to accurately diagnose PE, results from PIOPED II suggest. Experts note that when PE is ...

While CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) can miss pulmonary embolism for a variety of reasons, the use of computer-aided-detection software can help physicians avoid these false negatives, according ...

Cite this article Stein, P., Goodman, L. & Sostman, H. In the era of multislice CT, do we still need leg ultrasonography to diagnose pulmonary embolism?. Nat Rev Cardiol 5, 688–689 (2008). https ...

Ultimately, the commercial AI tool had NPV of 99.8% and PPV of 86.7% for detection of iPE on conventional contrast-enhanced chest CT examinations (i.e., not using CT pulmonary angiography protocols).

Using D-dimer measurement combined with multislice CT scan to detect pulmonary embolism is as effective as using D-dimer, venous ultrasonography of the leg and MSCT. Thus, venous ultrasonography ...