Abstract Background Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common condition with considerable morbidity and mortality; it more often diagnosed post-mortem by pathologists than in vivo clinicians. Prompt accurate diagnosis difficult because PE may be clinically silent, the symptoms are vague nonspecific, addition, there no definitive, non-invasive diagnostic test to establish its diagnosis. The aim of thi...

BACKGROUND Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a potentially life-threatening condition. Although computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) is the reference standard for diagnosis, its early diagnosis remains a challenge, and the concerns about the radiation exposures further limit the general use of CTPA. The primary aim of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the overall diagnostic accuracy of tr...

Background: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a serious clinical condition and difficult to be diagnosed. The aim of the present study was evaluate serum adropin ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) levels in patients with PE. 
 Materials Methods: consisted 109 participants, including 50 PE 59 healthy individuals. diagnosed through computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) were included into st...

UNLABELLED We hypothesise that correct interpretation of other diagnostic tests could reduce the use of computerised tomographic pulmonary angiogram (CTPA) examinations in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE). MATERIALS AND METHODS We carried out a retrospective analysis of 158 patients in a 928-bed university hospital. These consecutive patients were investigated for suspected PE ...

I ncidental findings are an important topic in diagnostic imaging. Because of the comprehensive nature of computed tomography (CT) scanning, incidental findings are seemingly found on almost every CT scan performed for a wide variety of reasons in a radiology department. Many of these incidental findings such as a liver cyst are benign and immediately dismissed. Other findings require more exte...

A 67 yr old female with mitral stenosis presented with an acute haemoptysis caused by the rupture of pulmonary varices. Chest radiography and bronchoscopy showed nonspecific abnormalities. The diagnosis of this rare but potentially lethal complication was made using computed tomographic angiography with three-dimensional volume rendering.

A 58-year-old man presented with persistent lung mass (Fig. 1). Pulmonary sequestration was diagnosed with multidetector CT angiography (MDCT) (Fig. 2). Advantages of MDCT over conventional angiography include its non-invasive nature, improved resolution and delineation of vasculature, 3D renderings, shorter acquisition time, and less exposure to radiation. Fig. 1. Computed tomography of the ch...