The researchers found that, in the eight years since the introduction of CT pulmonary angiography in 1998, there has been an 80% increase in the age-adjusted incidence of pulmonary embolism (from ...

For the study, 2 observers retrospectively reviewed the CT pulmonary angiography full scans of 461 patients (mean age, 57.8 years), 253 of whom were females.

Pulmonary CT Angiography Identifies Disease And Injury Beyond The Pulmonary Arteries In Children Date: August 19, 2009 Source: American Roentgen Ray Society Summary: Computed tomography ...

Physicians who ordered more CT pulmonary angiogram scans experienced a markedly decreased proportion of positive results, according to new research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.“Pulmonary ...

Matsuoka et al. Vascular Enhancement and Image Quality of MDCT Pulmonary Angiography in 400 Cases: Comparison of Standard and Low Kilovoltage Settings. American Journal of Roentgenology, 2009; 192 ...

Heparin was administered, and CT pulmonary angiography was performed later that day using a multidetector helical CT scanner and intravenous contrast medium. The digital scout film (Fig. 1) showed a ...

Researchers studied 1,590 patients undergoing both CTPA and CTV. CTPA detected pulmonary embolism in 15 percent, or 243 patients; CTV deep vein thrombosis revealed in 148 or 9 percent of patients.

CT pulmonary angiography showed no evidence of pulmonary embolism; mild bibasilar atelectasis, enlargement of the right ventricle, and multiple sclerotic lesions within the vertebral bodies were ...

Key takeaways: CT pulmonary angiography is an important tool for finding signs of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. This disease cannot be predicted by one specific finding on a CT ...