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Should Perfusion Scintigraphy Be Performed to Follow Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism? If So, When?

Letizia Marconi, Antonio Palla, Lucia Cestelli, Marco Lazzeretti, Laura Carrozzi, Massimo Pistolesi and Henry Dirk Sostman
Journal of Nuclear Medicine August 2019, 60 (8) 1134-1139; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.118.222737
Letizia Marconi
1Respiratory Unit, Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology, and Critical Care, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Antonio Palla
1Respiratory Unit, Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology, and Critical Care, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Lucia Cestelli
1Respiratory Unit, Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology, and Critical Care, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Marco Lazzeretti
1Respiratory Unit, Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology, and Critical Care, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Laura Carrozzi
1Respiratory Unit, Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology, and Critical Care, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Massimo Pistolesi
2Section of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Henry Dirk Sostman
3Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas
4Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York
5Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas; and
6Houston Methodist Hospital System, Houston, Texas
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vol. 60 no. 8 1134-1139
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.118.222737
PubMed 
31123098

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Society of Nuclear Medicine
Print ISSN 
0161-5505
Online ISSN 
2159-662X
History 
  • Received for publication October 30, 2018
  • Accepted for publication December 18, 2018
  • Published online August 1, 2019.

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  1. Letizia Marconi1,
  2. Antonio Palla1,
  3. Lucia Cestelli1,
  4. Marco Lazzeretti1,
  5. Laura Carrozzi1,
  6. Massimo Pistolesi2 and
  7. Henry Dirk Sostman3–6
  1. 1Respiratory Unit, Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology, and Critical Care, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
  2. 2Section of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
  3. 3Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas
  4. 4Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York
  5. 5Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas; and
  6. 6Houston Methodist Hospital System, Houston, Texas
  1. For correspondence or reprints contact: Letizia Marconi, Unità di Pneumologia, Università e Ospedale di Pisa, Via Paradisa 2, Pisa, Italy. E-mail: letizia.marconi{at}med.unipi.it
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Journal of Nuclear Medicine Aug 2019, 60 (8) 1134-1139; DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.118.222737
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