Utilization of Electron Beam CT Scan in Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism
SARAN A BOONBAICHAIYAPRUCK, M.D.*, SUVIPAPORN SIRIPORNPITAK, M.D.**, CHANIKA SRITARA, M.D.**, SUKITTI PANPUNNANG, M.D.*, SIRIPORN NITJAPANICH, M.D.**, PlY AMITR SRIT ARA, M.D.*
Affiliation : **Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
* Department of Internal Medicine, in the yearly admission of acute cor-pulmonale(! l. Obviously pulmonary embolus is one of the causes of acute cor-pulmonale. However, premortem diag- nosis of pulmonary emboli at least in our expe- rience offered only 42 per cent accuracy(2). Pul- monary angiography has been regarded as the gold standard method for the diagnosis but the proce-
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