CT Pulmonary Angiogram CTPA

retired
URL
http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/7.1
Version
20201011
PublisherCliniwiz StewardDate2020-10-11T01:00:22-04:00Description

CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) will show filling defects within the pulmonary vasculature with acute pulmonary emboli. When the artery is viewed in its axial plane the central filling defect from the thrombus is surrounded by a thin rim of contrast, which has been called the Polo Mint sign.

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