CONTEMPORARY DIAGNOSTIC APPROACHES TO ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLI

Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) remains an important clinical entity and a continuing diagnostic challenge. Although noninvasive imaging metho ds continue to evolve, pulmonary angiography remains the diagnostic go ld standard. In this article, the authors review the current role and recent advances in nuclear medicine, CT scanning, MR imaging, intra-ar terial digital subtraction angiography, and conventional pulmonary ang iography as both screening and diagnostic modalities for acute PE.