title: Spiral computed tomography is the first-line chest imaging test for acute pulmonary embolism: yes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA. schoepf@musc.edu
authors.forename: U J
authors.initials: UJ
authors.lastname: Schoepf
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Costello
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed