Don't bury the V/Q scan: it's as good as multidetector CT angiograms with a lot less radiation exposure.
Freeman
Leonard M
LM
Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10467, USA. lfreeman@montefiore.org
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011875:Radionuclide Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014692:Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio