Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common complication among patients
with cancer. Patients with cancer and VTE are at a markedly increased risk for morbidity and …

Acute pulmonary embolism may occur rapidly and unpredictably and may be difficult to
diagnose. Treatment can reduce mortality, and appropriate primary prophylaxis is usually …

Background We update recommendations on 12 topics that were in the 9th edition of these
guidelines, and address 3 new topics. Methods We generate strong (Grade 1) and weak …

Document Reviewers: Jose-Luis Zamorano,(CPG Review Coordinator)(Spain), Felicita
Andreotti (Italy), Michael Ascherman (Czech Republic), George Athanassopoulos (Greece) …

Background: Multiple‐detectors computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) has
a higher sensitivity for pulmonary embolism (PE) within the subsegmental pulmonary …

Summary Background Multislice CT (MSCT) combined with D-dimer measurement can
safely exclude pulmonary embolism in patients with a low or intermediate clinical probability …

Background: The incidence of pulmonary embolism has been increasing, but its case-fatality
rate is decreasing, suggesting a lesser severity of illness. The clinical importance of patients …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the rate of overdiagnosis of pulmonary
embolism (PE) by pulmonary CT angiography (CTA) in a tertiary-care university hospital …

Acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) represent two expressions
of a similar clinical pathological process, often referred to as venous throm-boembolism …

Purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic value of dual energy CT in the
assessment of pulmonary perfusion with reference to pulmonary perfusion scintigraphy …