Chest multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) in patients with suspected acute pulmonary embolism: diagnostic yield and proportion of other clinically relevant findings.

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Chest multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) in patients with suspected acute pulmonary embolism: diagnostic yield and proportion of other clinically relevant findings.

Radiol Med. 2011 Mar;116(2):219-29

Authors: Cereser L, Bagatto D, Girometti R, Como G, Zuiani C, Bazzocchi M

The authors evaluated the diagnostic yield of chest multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) in acute pulmonary embolism (PE) and the proportion of other clinically relevant findings in a large cohort of consecutive inpatients and patients referred from the emergency department (outpatients).

PMID: 21311990 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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