Two silver standards in the imaging of pulmonary embolism.
A recent metaanalysis has compared transthoracic sonography for detection of pulmonary embolism with MSCT: sensitivity: 74 - 83 % for CT versus 80 % for TUS. Given the equal value of chest ultrasonography and CT some points for daily practice are discussed (time factor, availabitlity, resolution).
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D004452:Echocardiography / Q000592:standards; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000592:standards*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000592:standards*