Value of the ventilation/perfusion scan in acute pulmonary embolism: The prospective investigation of pulmonary embolism diagnosis
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Value of the ventilation/perfusion scan in acute pulmonary embolism. Results of the prospective investigation of pulmonary embolism diagnosis (PIOPED).
To determine the sensitivities and specificities of ventilation/perfusion lung scans for acute pulmonary embolism, a random sample of 933 of 1493 patients was studied prospectively. Nine hundred thirty-one underwent scintigraphy and 755 underwent pulmonary angiography; 251 (33%) of 755 demonstrated pulmonary embolism. Almost all patients with pulmonary embolism had abnormal scans of high, inter...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Vascular Surgery
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0741-5214
DOI: 10.1016/0741-5214(91)90335-r