Value of the ventilation/perfusion scan in acute pulmonary embolism. Results of the prospective investigation of pulmonary embolism diagnosis (PIOPED).

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Summary

Follow-up and angiography together suggest pulmonary embolism occurred among 12% of patients with low-probability scans, and clinical assessment combined with the ventilation/perfusion scan established the diagnosis or exclusion of pulmonary emblism only for a minority of patients--those with clear and concordant clinical and ventilation-perfusions scan findings.

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1990-05-23
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Medicine, Pulmonary embolism, Scintigraphy, Pulmonary angiography, Radiology

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