Educating physicians about ventilation-perfusion scanning as an alternative to CT for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolisms led to a 23 percent decrease in patient exposure, according to a study ...

Imaging tests, CT scans in particular, may occasionally reveal positive findings unrelated to the patient’s symptoms. These incidentalomas are often small nodules or cysts in the thyroid, lung, liver, ...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a leading cause of death among pregnant women in the developed world. [1] The fact that PE remains such a threat is a clear indication of the difficulty in diagnosing it.

The recommended strategy for evaluation of PE begins with avoiding initiating the workup in no-risk patients (i.e., those with no dyspnea, no pleuritic pain, and no tachypnea). Next, avoid ...