An audit of requests for CT Pulmonary Angiogram in haemodynamically stable non-pregnant patients with suspected pulmonary embolism

J. Azzopardi (Tal Qroqq, Malta), G. Degiorgio (Tal Qroqq, Malta), G. Borg (Tal Qroqq, Malta), J. Cassar (Tal Qroqq, Malta), P. Grech (Tal Qroqq, Malta), K. Bartolo (Tal Qroqq, Malta), B. Caruana Montaldo (Tal Qroqq, Malta)

Source: International Congress 2018 – Acute pulmonary embolism: from diagnosis to treatment
Session: Acute pulmonary embolism: from diagnosis to treatment
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 3595
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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