Pulmonary embolism landmark trials
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Ujjwal Rastogi, MBBS [2]
Landmark Clinical Trials
Trials assessing the diagnosis
1. PIOPED (Prospective Investigation in Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis) (1989).[1]
- Purpose : To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of two major, widely used technologies, radionuclear imaging (ventilation-perfusion scanning) and pulmonary angiography, for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism.
2. PIOPED II (Prospective Investigation in Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis II) (2002).