Helical CT for the Evaluation of Acute Pulmonary Embolism
- 1 July 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Roentgen Ray Society in American Journal of Roentgenology
- Vol. 185 (1), 135-149
- https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.185.1.01850135
Abstract
OBJECTIVE. In this article, we review the current role of CT pulmonary angiography and indirect CT venography for the evaluation of pulmonary thromboembolic disease. CONCLUSION. With advances in MDCT technology, evaluation of pulmonary thromboembolic disease can now be performed with combined CT pulmonary angiography and CT venography as a “one-stop-shopping” test. CT pulmonary angiography is cost-effective, is accurate, has high interobserver agreement, and has an added advantage of detecting other life-threatening diseases in the chest that mimic pulmonary embolism.Keywords
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