Finding an alternative diagnosis does not justify increased use of CT-pulmonary angiography

BACKGROUND: The increased use of computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) is often justified by finding alternative diagnoses explaining patients’ symptoms. However, this has not been rigorously examined. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed CTPA done at our center over an eleven year period...

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Autores principales: Chandra, Subani, Sarkar, Pralay K, Chandra, Divay, Ginsberg, Nicole E, Cohen, Rubin I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3570493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23388541
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-13-9

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