Usefulness of multidetector spiral computed tomography according to age and gender for diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism. Am J Cardiol 2007 May 01;99(9):1303-5
Date
05/05/2007Pubmed ID
17478162DOI
10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.12.051Scopus ID
2-s2.0-34247489264 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 21 CitationsAbstract
Data from the Prospective Investigation of Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis II (PIOPED II) were evaluated to test the hypothesis that the performance of multidetector computed tomographic (CT) pulmonary angiography and CT venography is independent of a patient's age and gender. In 773 patients with adequate CT pulmonary angiography and 737 patients with adequate CT pulmonary angiography and CT venography, the sensitivity and specificity for pulmonary embolism for groups of patients aged 18 to 59, 60 to 79, and 80 to 99 years did not differ to a statistically significant extent, nor were there significant differences according to gender. Overall, however, the specificity of CT pulmonary angiography was somewhat greater in women, but in men and women, it was > or =93%. In conclusion, the results indicate that multidetector CT pulmonary angiography and CT pulmonary angiography and CT venography may be used with various diagnostic strategies in adults of all ages and both genders.
Author List
Stein PD, Beemath A, Quinn DA, Olson RE, Goodman LR, Gottschalk A, Hales CA, Hull RD, Leeper KV Jr, Sostman HD, Weg JG, Woodard PKMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Acute DiseaseAdolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Angiography
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Pulmonary Embolism
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Sex Factors
Tomography, Spiral Computed
