PMID- 9757215
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19981124
LR  - 20061115
IS  - 0221-0363 (Print)
IS  - 0221-0363 (Linking)
VI  - 79
IP  - 1
DP  - 1998 Jan
TI  - [Diagnostic imaging of acute pulmonary embolism: critical analysis of the 1997 
      literature].
PG  - 13-9
AB  - With variable symptoms and a nonspecific radiographic appearance, acute pulmonary 
      embolism (APE) is a frequent and often undiagnosed cause of mortality and 
      morbidity; thus, availability of an accurate, noninvasive screening examination 
      is highly desirable. Until recently, various noninvasive imaging procedures have 
      been used to detect APE, including ventilation-perfusion scanning, MR imaging and 
      phlebography (or sonography). The low specificity of scintigraphy explains why 
      pulmonary angiography remains the usual "gold standard" modality for detection of 
      APE. However, with this procedure morbidity and mortality not zero-Helical 
      computed tomography (HCT) seems to be an accurate technique for diagnosis of 
      pulmonary embolism except for distal thrombi. Nevertheless the exact position of 
      HCT in the classic algorithms remains to be defined, particularly in terms or 
      cost-benefit results.
FAU - Amiel, M
AU  - Amiel M
AD  - Department d'Imagerine diagnostique et therapeutique, CREATIS-UMR CNRS 5515, 
      Hopital L Pradel, Lyon.
FAU - Revel, D
AU  - Revel D
FAU - Chirossel, P
AU  - Chirossel P
FAU - Berthezene, Y
AU  - Berthezene Y
LA  - fre
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
TT  - Imagerie dans L'embolie pulmonaire algue (EPA): analyse critique de la 
      litterature en 1997.
PL  - France
TA  - J Radiol
JT  - Journal de radiologie
JID - 7906266
SB  - IM
MH  - Cost-Benefit Analysis
MH  - *Diagnostic Imaging/economics
MH  - Humans
MH  - Pulmonary Embolism/*diagnosis/economics/etiology
MH  - Sensitivity and Specificity
RF  - 49
EDAT- 1998/10/03 00:00
MHDA- 1998/10/03 00:01
CRDT- 1998/10/03 00:00
PHST- 1998/10/03 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1998/10/03 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1998/10/03 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 68502 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Radiol. 1998 Jan;79(1):13-9.