Young Women At Risk Of Pulmonary Embolism Should Receive A V/Q Scan

Young women at risk of having a pulmonary embolism — a potential life-threatening blockage in a lung artery — should first undergo a ventilation/perfusion lung scan (V/Q scan) rather than a CT (computed tomography) angiogram, conclude authors in a paper published in the September Journal of Nuclear Medicine.”A V/Q scan can be the first choice — but the CT angiogram is the classic choice — for diagnosing a pulmonary embolism,” noted H. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Women's Health / OBGYN on September 20th, 2007