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2015, Radiologic Clinics of North AmericaCitation Excerpt :Despite the occasional use of D-dimer testing and the application of clinical metrics such as the Wells criteria or Geneva Score, the prevalence of PE on CTPA in most centers is usually between 10% and 20%.7–9 Although many CTPA examinations performed for dyspnea provide no explanation for the dyspnea, an alternative explanation may be seen in 25% to 67% of cases.9–14 These cases usually include congestive heart failure, pneumonia, pleural effusion, or atelectasis.
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