PATIENT-LEVEL, INSTITUTIONAL, AND TEMPORAL VARIATIONS IN IMAGING MODALITIES TO CONFIRM PULMONARY EMBOLISM
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Imaging pulmonary embolism
Shortness of breath and chest pain are two of the most common symptoms accounting for acute presentations to hospital. Pulmonary embolism (PE) is part of the differential diagnosis for both symptoms and due to increasing clinical concern about missing venous thromboembolic disease (VTE) and greater access to imaging, there has been a progressive year-on-year increase in imaging for PE since 200...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(20)32210-5