CTPA for clinically suspected pulmonary emboli in oncology patients
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CTPA for clinically suspected pulmonary emboli in oncology patients
Aim Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a known cause of morbidity and mortality in oncology patients. Whilst much of the literature focuses on the detection of incidental PE in this cohort of patients (approximately 4%), little is written about the rate of positive CT Pulmonary Angiograms (CTPA) when PE is clinically suspected. We wanted to assess the rate of positive CTPA specifically amongst oncology...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer Imaging
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1470-7330
DOI: 10.1186/1470-7330-14-s1-p27