Multidetector Computed Tomography for Acute Pulmonary Embolism

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Authors

Paul D. Stein · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Sarah Fowler · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Lawrence R. Goodman · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Alexander Gottschalk · Michigan State University

Charles A. Hales · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Russell D. Hull · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Kenneth V. Leeper

Abstract

In patients with suspected pulmonary embolism, multidetector CTA-CTV has a higher diagnostic sensitivity than does CTA alone, with similar specificity. The predictive value of either CTA or CTA-CTV is high with a concordant clinical assessment, but additional testing is necessary when the clinical probability is inconsistent with the imaging results.

Topics & Keywords

Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Ultrasound in Clinical Applications Radiation Dose and Imaging

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 354, Issue 22, pp. 2317-2327

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa052367

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