Imaging for Pulmonary Embolism in Sickle Cell Disease: A 17-Year Experience
Tivnan P, Billett H, Freeman L, Haramati L. Imaging for Pulmonary Embolism in Sickle Cell Disease: A 17-Year Experience. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2018, 59: 1255-1259. PMID: 29419477, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.117.205641.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSickle cell diseaseSickle cell disease patientsPulmonary embolismNormal chest radiographPulmonary embolism diagnosisCell diseaseChoice of imagingChest radiographsDisease patientsChest radiographyStudy periodChest radiographic resultsVentilation-perfusion scintigraphyReasonable first choicePulmonary embolism imagingPulmonary complicationsRetrospective cohortStable patientsClinical presentationRadiographic resultsMean ageCT pulmonaryEmbolismIndeterminate resultsComparable diagnostic performance