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CT approach as safe as traditional lung scanning for pulmonary embolism

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According to the American Heart Association, pulmonary embolism affects about 600,000 Americans every year, and approximately 60,000 of them die from it each year, making it the third leading cause of cardiovascular mortality in the US. The condition is difficult to diagnose, yet timely and accurate diagnosis is essential to patient survival. In the past decade, computed tomographic (CT) pulmonary angiography has become an increasingly popular diagnostic test, despite concerns about its sensitivity and about the limited comparative evaluations with ventilation-perfusion lung scanning, a...Read full article

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    Published: February 2008
    American Heart AssociationBiophotonicscardiovascularenergyFrom The Clinicpulmonary embolismSensors & Detectors

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