Alternative diagnoses based on CT angiography of the chest in patients with suspected pulmonary thromboembolism

Alternative diagnoses based on CT angiography of the chest in patients with suspected pulmonary thromboembolism

Objective : To determine the prevalence of alternative diagnoses based on chest CT angiography (CTA) in patients with suspected pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) who tested negative for PTE, as well as whether those alternative diagnoses had been considered prior to the CTA. Methods : This was a cros...

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Main Authors: Eleci Vaz Ferreira, Marcelo Basso Gazzana, Muriel Bossle Sarmento, Pedro Arends Guazzelli, Mariana Costa Hoffmeister, Vinicius André Guerra, Renato Seligman, Marli Maria Knorst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2016-02-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
Subjects:
Embolia pulmonar/diagnóstico
Embolia pulmonar/epidemiologia
Angiografia
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