How accurate are ventilation-perfusion scans for pulmonary embolism?
โ Scribed by Bridget F. Caracci; Peter M. Rumbolo; Stephen Mainini; Howard S.J. Walker III; Gary J. Peterson
- Book ID
- 117025775
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 395 KB
- Volume
- 156
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9610
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Thirty-four hospital patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) had ventilation perfusion (VP) imaging after pulmonary angiography to assess the performance of highly specific criteria for diagnosis of PE and to evaluate the precision of image reporting. A diagnostic result was obtained from VP