Predicting pulmonary hypertension with standard computed tomography pulmonary angiography
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computed tomography pulmonary angiography for evaluation of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism: use or overuse
conclusion there is still excessive unjustified concern of pte in less trained physicians leading to excessive diagnostic work-up. loyalty to the existing guideline for management of suspected pte in educational hospitals and supervision of attending physicians could prevent overuse of ctpa. results during a 6-month period, 82 patients who underwent ctpa were included. the prevalence of pte was...
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عنوان ژورنال: The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1569-5794,1573-0743
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-015-0618-x