Can Routine Investigation for Occult Pulmonary Embolism Be Justified in Patients with Deep Vein Thrombosis?
Dimitrios A ChatzelasApostolos G PitouliasEvangelos BontinisTheodosia N ZampakaGeorgios V TsamourlidisAlkis BontinisAnastasios G PotouridisMaria D TachtsiGeorgios A PitouliasPublished in: Vascular specialist international (2024)
A high incidence of silent PE was observed in patients with lower-extremity DVT. Screening of patients with DVT who have the aforementioned predictive risk factors using CTPA for silent PE may be needed and justified for the efficient management of VTE and its long-term complications.