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CT Scan Evaluation of Pulmonary Embolism | ||
| Medical Journal of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 354-361 | ||
| Author | ||
| May Khalid Ameen | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Purpose: To determine the prevalence & anatomic distribution of pulmonary embolism in a group of Iraqi population with clinical suspicion of pulmonary embolism, & to evaluate the utility of CT pulmonary angiography using our new 64-multidetector CT systems. Materials and Methods: 57 patients clinically suspected of having PE were examined with contrast-enhanced spiral CT in the cardiac CT center of Ghazy AL-Haryry specialized surgical hospital & Baghdad Teaching Hospital from December 2011 through August 2012. The clinical outcome was used as the confirmatory reference to evaluate the contribution of spiral CT to the final clinical diagnosis. Results: Spiral CT helped correctly identify 23 patients with PE (sensitivity, 100%). In 19 (56 %) of the 34 patients without PE, spiral CT provided additional information that suggested or confirmed the alternate clinical diagnosis. In the remaining 15 patients, spiral CT scans were normal. Conclusion: Spiral CT has good sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of PE. In the majority of patients who do not have PE, it also provides important ancillary information for the final diagnosis. | ||
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