The Use of CTPA in Diagnosing Pulmonary Embolism during Pregnancy and Puerperium Period: A 5 Year- retrospective Study at a Regional Referral Hospital in Malaysia
Lai Yuan Xin, Hii Yong Hui, Zarina Mohamed, Rozita Mohd Ghazali & Aruku Naidu Apana · Asian Research Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2024
Introduction: The cumulative incidence of pulmonary embolism (PE) in South Asia is 1.03 per 10 000 pregnancies with maternal mortality rate of 11.1%. Given the morbidity and mortality of undiagnosed PE in pregnancy, the threshold to perform computed tomography pulmonary angiograp...
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10.9734/arjgo/2024/v7i1220