—Based on their findings, these investigators believe that the benefits of computed tomography pulmonary angiogram for detection of a suspected pulmonary embolism in hospitalized patients with chronic ...
New York, NY - Cardiologists and emergency department (ED) physicians faced with a young woman complaining of chest pain may want to choose a diagnostic test other than cardiac CT angiography (CTA), ...
Radiologists are encouraging their colleagues to think twice and consider alternatives before using CT in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in women under the age of 55 because of the radiation dose ...
Of approximately 250,000 Americans diagnosed with acute pulmonary embolism, or PE, in emergency departments each year, most are hospitalized. But Michigan Medicine research, published in JAMA Network ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although the lifetime risk of cancer associated with exposure to radiation from computerize tomographic (CT) coronary angiography is "non-negligible," the risk varies ...
Characteristics and behavior of invasive breast cancer developed despite prior oophorectomy. Prevalence of anal squamous intraepithelial lesions in HIV-positive and HIV-negative men who have sex with ...
Reston, Va. — Computed tomography angiography (CTA) can identify abnormalities and injury beyond the pulmonary arteries, including broken bones and heart disease, according to a study published in the ...
A new tool available to the Epic community helped Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System reduce unnecessary CT angiogram scans, which are both costly and involve harmful radiation, ...