In cases of suspected pulmonary embolism, if the clinical symptoms and scintigraphic findings on lung scan point strongly to unilateral disease, is it always necessary to perform pulmonary angiography bilaterally if the angiogram on the more suspicious side is negative?
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Stanford Medical Center, CA 94305, USA.
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