Management of incidental pulmonary embolism

• Published in: The European respiratory journal Vol. 49; no. 6; p. 1700275
• Main Authors: Klok, Frederikus A., Huisman, Menno V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England European Respiratory Society Journals Ltd 01.06.2017
• Subjects: Anticoagulants - therapeutic use; Arteries; Cancer; Clinical trials; Computed tomography; Disease Management; Embolism; Embolisms; Female; Humans; Incidental Findings; Management; Medical imaging; Middle Aged; Neoplasms - complications; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Pulmonary arteries; Pulmonary Embolism - diagnostic imaging; Pulmonary Embolism - drug therapy; Pulmonary embolisms; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Incidental pulmonary embolism (PE) is a frequent finding on routine computed tomography (CT) scans of the chest, occurring in 1.1% of coronary CT scans and 3.6% of oncological CT scans. Despite this high frequency, optimal management of incidental PE has not been addressed in clinical trials and rem...