Inclusion criteria were ED patients with suspected PE for which a diagnostic test was ordered, such as D-Dimer, CTPA, ventilation/perfusion (VQ) scan or pulmonary angiogram.

Improved screening with tests like V/Q scan critical to patient care and effective treatment WHIPPANY, N.J., May 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Results from a retrospective cohort study presented today ...

Educating physicians about ventilation-perfusion scanning (VQ) as an alternative to CT for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolisms led to a 23% decrease in patient exposure, according to a study ...

If the d-dimer is elevated, consider a chest CT with PE protocol or VQ scan. However, home treatment with subcutaneous enoxaparin 1 mg/kg SQ b.i.d. while warfarin becomes therapeutic is appropriate.

If a doctor suspects you may have a pulmonary embolism, a CT scan is the gold standard for diagnostic imaging. Learn about when a CT scan is used for PE, how it works, what it looks like, and more.

Two patients with massive pulmonary embolism died within twenty-four hours after the first lung scan. Figure 3 Results in the Severe Group (31 to 50 Per Cent of the Lung Involved).

Patients presenting with low-risk pulmonary embolism are managed in different ways based on CT scan findings and not clinical risk factors, according to study results published in JAMA Network ...

THE diagnosis of massive pulmonary embolism is frequently difficult and always uncertain ... Lung Scan of a Normal Dog after the Administration of 100 Microcuries of I 131-Labeled MAA.

High Frequency of Pulmonary Embolism in Symptomatic Children in the Emergency Department Date and Time: Tuesday, May 20, 2:15 p.m. PT Location: Room 2001 (West Building, Level 2, Moscone Center) ...

Petra Mayer, the editor on NPR's Culture desk, died on Saturday at Holy Cross Hospital in Maryland as the result of a suspected pulmonary embolism. Nancy Barnes, NPR's senior vice president for ...