Newer diagnostic modalities for pulmonary embolism. Pulmonary angiography using CT and MR imaging compared with conventional angiography.
Emerg Med Clin North Am
; 19(4): 975-94, 2001 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-11762283
CTPA is a highly sensitive and excellent primary method for evaluating patients with symptoms of PE. Ongoing studies will demonstrate the good clinical outcome of patients with negative CTPA results. The ability to visualize the lung parenchyma in addition to the pulmonary vasculature, and the smaller number of nondiagnostic scans, make CT more cost effective than V/Q scans, and CT therefore should be used as a first-line evaluation. MR imaging is a continually developing modality with more imaging options that could make it an invaluable or adjunctive test in the near future.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Embolia Pulmonar
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Angiografía
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Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X
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Angiografía por Resonancia Magnética
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Emerg Med Clin North Am
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos