Ventilation/perfusion scintigraphy (using Technegas) versus computed tomography pulmonary angiography for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in hospitalized patients: a review of the clinical and cost-effectiveness
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
Record ID 32011000949
English
Authors' recommendations:
Data from one retrospective study that compared V/Q scan using Technegas to CTPA in pregnant women indicated that V/Q scan have a higher diagnostic accuracy than CTPA for pulmonary emboli. No evidence on the cost-effectiveness of V/Q scan versus CTPA for diagnosing pulmonary embolism in hospitalized patients was identified.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2011
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Canada
MeSH Terms
- Administration, Inhalation
- Angiography
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Radionuclide Imaging
- Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio
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