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. 2018 Mar 1;178(3):412-413.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.7552.

Association of Lower Diagnostic Yield With High Users of CT Pulmonary Angiogram

Jaron Chong  1 , Todd C Lee  2 , Armen Attarian  1 , Lojan Sivakumaran  1 , Jean-Marc Troquet  3 , Emily G McDonald  2 , Benoît Gallix  1
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Association of Lower Diagnostic Yield With High Users of CT Pulmonary Angiogram

Jaron Chong et al. JAMA Intern Med. .

Abstract

This study examines interphysician variability of diagnostic yield in computed tomographic pulmonary angiogram for pulmonary emboli.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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