Managing incidental findings on thoracic CT: mediastinal and cardiovascular findings. A white paper of the ACR incidental findings committee

RF Munden, BW Carter, C Chiles, H MacMahon… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The ACR Incidental Findings Committee presents recommendations for managing
incidentally detected mediastinal and cardiovascular findings found on CT. The Chest …

Integrated strategies for the diagnosis of venous thromboembolism

PS Wells - Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) is an important
medical problem because of the high fatality rate from PE and the large number of cases not …

Antithrombotic therapy for VTE disease: antithrombotic therapy and prevention of thrombosis: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical practice …

C Kearon, EA Akl, AJ Comerota, P Prandoni… - Chest, 2012 - Elsevier
Background This article addresses the treatment of VTE disease. Methods We generated
strong (Grade 1) and weak (Grade 2) recommendations based on high-quality (Grade A) …

Time trends in pulmonary embolism in the United States: evidence of overdiagnosis

RS Wiener, LM Schwartz… - Archives of internal …, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Background Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) may improve detection
of life-threatening pulmonary embolism (PE), but this sensitive test may have a downside …

Antithrombotic therapy for venous thromboembolic disease: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical practice guidelines

C Kearon, SR Kahn, G Agnelli, S Goldhaber… - Chest, 2008 - Elsevier
This chapter about treatment for venous thromboembolic disease is part of the American
College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition) …

Prevalence and clinical history of incidental, asymptomatic pulmonary embolism: a meta-analysis

F Dentali, W Ageno, C Becattini, L Galli, M Gianni… - Thrombosis research, 2010 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: Recently, there has been an increasing number of reports of incidental
pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients undergoing chest computer tomography (CT) for …

Cancer, clots and consensus: new understanding of an old problem

GH Lyman, AA Khorana - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2009 - ascopubs.org
Long before reaching our current understanding of the complex relationship between
malignancy and the elements of the coagulation system, it was recognized that patients with …

Risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism and major hemorrhage in cancer‐associated incidental pulmonary embolism among treated and untreated patients: a …

T van der Hulle, PL Den Exter… - … of Thrombosis and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Essentials We performed a pooled analysis of 926 patients with cancer‐associated
incidental pulmonary embolism (IPE). Vitamin K antagonists (VKA) are associated with a …

Incidental Pulmonary Emboli in Oncology Patients: Prevalence, CT Evaluation, and Natural History1

GW Gladish, DH Choe, EM Marom, BS Sabloff… - Radiology, 2006 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To retrospectively determine the prevalence and natural history of incidental
pulmonary emboli in oncology patients, the number of such cases reported at initial thoracic …

Diagnosis and management of isolated subsegmental pulmonary embolism: review and assessment of the options

PD Stein, LR Goodman, RD Hull… - Clinical and Applied …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
We assessed the potential safety of withholding treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE)
limited to subsegmental branches. Literature review showed that untreated patients with …