Pulmonary embolism: the role of emergency scan and intervening radiology in medium-high-risk patients with pulmonary embolism

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a relative common cardiovascular emergency. Computed tomography (CT) angiography has became the method of choice for suspected PE in routine clinical practice but CT should not be the first-line test for all patients, except suspected high-risk patients and high clinical p...

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Published in:	Emergency Care Journal
Main Authors:	Eleonora Arboscello, Irene Ponassi, Agnese Lomeo, Maria Nives Parodi, Paolo Barbera, Michela Morfino, Nicoletta Pollicardo, Roberto Delfino, Dahane Mhamed, Roberto Tallone
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PAGEPress Publications 2010-03-01
Subjects:	high-risk patients pulmonary embolism
Online Access:	http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/1209