Does the Position of the Arm during Intravenous Contrast Administration alter Image Quality in Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography (CTPA)?
Citation
Wood, K. (2009) Does the Position of the Arm during Intravenous Contrast Administration alter Image Quality in Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography (CTPA)?, , , , ,
Abstract
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the sudden blocking of a pulmonary artery, commonly by a blood clot.PE can be very difficult to diagnose clinically and is potentially fatal carrying a 30% mortality rate if untreated 1.
In the UK 10% of all hospital deaths equating
to 1% of all hospital admissions have been
shown to be attributable to PE 2.