The following is a summary of “Triple Rule Out CT in the Emergency Department: Clinical Risk and Outcomes (Triple Rule Out in ...

Coronary artery disease (CAD ... Rubinshtein et al performed 64-slice CT on 58 intermediate risk patients with chest pain. [18] Patients were deemed to be intermediate risk if they had chest ...

Among individuals undergoing low-dose chest computed tomography (CT) for lung cancer, extensive coronary artery calcium is associated with all-cause death and cardiovascular events.

Pulmonary embolism is the sudden blockage of a major blood vessel (artery) in the lung, usually by a blood clot. In most cases, the clots are small and aren't deadly, but they can damage the lung. But ...

Pulmonary embolism remains a diagnostic challenge, but recent advances in serologic testing (D-dimer) and improved imaging methods (multidetector computed tomographic scanning) have allowed much ...

CTPA is a crucial diagnostic tool for suspected PE, but its utilisation has nearly doubled in the past two decades, with ...

Thoracic CT a day later showed pulmonary artery embolism in both lungs with multiple bilateral filling defects in the pulmonary arteries of the lower lobes and wedge-shaped infiltrates in the ...

lung CT findings could affect survival from two leading causes of death: lung cancer and coronary artery disease," the authors write. The success of this pilot program will be affected by how ...