A medical imaging procedure known as lung scintigraphy may be more reliable than pulmonary CT angiography for identifying or excluding pulmonary embolism in pregnant patients, according to a new ...

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 ...

A medical imaging procedure known as lung scintigraphy may be more reliable than pulmonary CT angiography for identifying or excluding pulmonary embolism in pregnant patients, according to a study ...

MDCT pulmonary angiography is a state-of-the-art CT examination that images the pulmonary arteries after IV injection of iodinated contrast material. Ventilation-perfusion lung scintigraphy is an ...

An 87-year-old man presented in poor overall condition because of progressively severe dyspnea of 10 days’ duration. He underwent pulmonary perfusion scintigraphy. The image shows a nearly total ...

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 ...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) remains one of the leading causes of maternal mortality. At the French Thoracic Society Spring Days in May, Dr Aurélie Dehaene, radiologist at European Hospital in Marseille, ...

Figure 1 Perfusion scintigraphy (3-D single photon emission computed tomography, SPECT) in a woman with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), showing wedge-shaped perfusion defects ...

There were nine episodes of suspected pulmonary embolism (all investigated by ventilation–perfusion lung scanning) in nine women, of which one was objectively confirmed.