Imaging Tests Useful to Diagnose DVT and PE - Flowchart
Imaging Tests Useful to Diagnose DVT and PE - Flowchart
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DVT imaging test

DVT imaging test

DVT imaging

PE Imaging Test

PE Imaging Test

PE Imaging

Venous ultrasound

Venous ultrasound

Venous ultrasound

Diagnostic

Diagnostic

Diagnostic

Nondiagnostic

Nondiagnostic

Nondiagnostic

MR

MR

MR

CT

CT

CT

Phlebography

Phlebography

Phlebography

Stop

Stop

Stop

Stop

Stop

Stop

Stop

Stop

Treat for PE

Treat for PE

Treat for PE

Transesophageal ECHO or MR or invasive pulmonary angiography

Transesophageal ECHO or MR or invasive pulmonary angiography

Transesophageal ECHO or MR or invasive pulmonary angiography

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End

End

Chest CT

Chest CT

Chest CT

Diagnostic

Diagnostic

Diagnostic

Nondiagnostic, unavailable, or unsafe

Nondiagnostic, unavailable, or unsafe

Nondiagnostic

Lung scan

Lung scan

Lung scan

Diagnostic

Diagnostic

Diagnostic

Nondiagnostic

Nondiagnostic

Nondiagnostic

Venous ultrasound

Venous ultrasound

Venous ultrasound

Positive

Positive

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Negative

Negative

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