Lung Scintigraphy More Reliable Than CTA In Excluding Pulmonary Embolism In Pregnant Patients, Study Suggests Date: October 20, 2009 Source: American Roentgen Ray Society ...

Lung scintigraphy is more reliable than CTA for the diagnosis or exclusion of PE in pregnant patients, and should be considered the imaging technique of choice unless the CTA image technique can ...

Ventilation-perfusion lung scintigraphy is an older examination that is performed through the IV injection of a radiopharmaceutical and the inhalation of a radioactive gas.

PE, the formation of a blood clot in the lung, is a life-threatening condition that requires prompt diagnosis and treatment. Medical imaging techniques such as CT, lung scintigraphy, and MRI are ...

With this pretest probability, the estimated post-test probability of pulmonary embolism, even with a negative angiogram (CT angiography has a sensitivity of 83% and a specificity of 96%), would be as ...

A medical imaging procedure known as lung scintigraphy may be more reliable than pulmonary CT angiography (CTA) for identifying or excluding pulmonary embolism (PE) in pregnant patients, according ...

Computed tomography (CT), a highly accurate, readily available medical imaging technique, is the overwhelmingly preferred technique of emergency physicians and radiologists for the diagnosis of ...