CT pulmonary angiography: increasingly diagnosing less severe pulmonary emboli.

CT pulmonary angiography: increasingly diagnosing less severe pulmonary emboli.

It is unknown whether the observed increase in computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) utilization has resulted in increased detection of pulmonary emboli (PEs) with a less severe disease spectrum.Trends in utilization, diagnostic yield, and disease severity were evaluated for 4,048 consecu...

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Main Authors: Andrew J Schissler, Anna Rozenshtein, Michal E Kulon, Gregory D N Pearson, Robert A Green, Peter D Stetson, David J Brenner, Belinda D'Souza, Wei-Yann Tsai, Neil W Schluger, Andrew J Einstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3680477?pdf=render

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