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Bloody cough negative chest xray and d dimer(.39 mg/l) and left side chest pain. accurate enough to rule out pe?

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Dr. Rick Koch answered

Most likely but: Ct angiography is pretty much gold standard....Diner being normal is very very reassuring.

Answered 12/11/2020

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Dr. Stephen Humphrey answered

Specializes in Interventional Radiology

No: The only way to rule out pe is pulmonary angiogram (conventional or more common these days is ct). A normal VQ scan is almost as good as a normal angiogram.

Dr Koch agreed

Answered 9/28/2016

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A member asked:

Bloody cough negative chest xray and d dimer(.39 mg/l) and left side chest pain. accurate enough to rule out pe?

2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Dr. Rick Koch answered

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