Medically reviewed by Josephine Hessert, DO Pulmonary angiography is a test that studies blood flow in your lungs. Its ...

Pulmonary embolism remains a diagnostic challenge, but recent advances in serologic testing (D-dimer) and improved imaging methods (multidetector computed tomographic scanning) have allowed much ...

National guidance said that either a VQ or CTPA [CT Pulmonary Angiogram] could be undertaken and on this occasion, a VQ scan was done 'which confirmed that there was no Pulmonary Embolism'.

Background: Acute pulmonary embolism (PE ... We studied 400 consecutive patients in the ED diagnosed with acute PE by CT scan angiography and treated in the hospital with IV unfractionated ...

In 2020, Atlantic Health introduced an AI algorithm that can analyse CT scans for the signs of pulmonary embolism — a potentially life-threatening condition when blood flow is blocked to part of ...

Pulmonary embolism is the sudden blockage of a major blood vessel (artery) in the lung, usually by a blood clot. In most cases, the clots are small and aren't deadly, but they can damage the lung. But ...

When you think of annual health checkups, screening for lung cancer might not come to mind. Fortunately, it was very much on ...

The CINA-iPE tool detects incidental pulmonary embolism (PE), a life-threatening blockage in a lung artery, during routine CT scans and is intended to address delayed and missed findings. Unsuspected ...