CONTEXT: Recently, there has been an increasing number of reports of incidental
pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients undergoing chest computer tomography (CT) for
reasons other than the research of suspected PE. Natural history of incidental PE remains
unclear. OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of incidental PE, to assess potential
factors associated with incidental PE, and to evaluated its clinical history. DATA SOURCES:
MEDLINE, EMBASE databases (up to January 2009). STUDY SELECTION: Studies were …

PO-07 Prevalence and clinical history of incidental, asymptomatic pulmonary embolism: a
meta-analysis … Epidemiology PO-07 Prevalence and clinical history of incidental,
asymptomatic pulmonary embolism: a meta-analysis …