Pulmonary embolism is a common cause of cardiovascular-associated morbidity and mortality. Although pulmonary embolism ...

A multicenter study by the PIOPED III Investigators has shown that magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) can be used to detect pulmonary embolism ... with spiral CT, now the gold standard, shows ...

Ultrasound is not necessary when computed tomography is performed. The role of venous duplex ultrasound (US) of the legs in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) is not clear with the ...

She was found to have a left lower extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT) on a sonogram with severe bilateral pulmonary embolization as seen on a chest computed tomographic (CT) scan (Figure 1).

National guidance said that either a VQ or CTPA [CT Pulmonary Angiogram] could be undertaken and on this occasion, a VQ scan was done 'which confirmed that there was no Pulmonary Embolism'.