Lung scintigraphy for pulmonary embolism diagnosis during the COVID-19 pandemic: does the benefit-risk ratio really justify omitting the ventilation study?

Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2020 Oct;47(11):2499-2500. doi: 10.1007/s00259-020-04964-y. Epub 2020 Jul 22.

¹ Service de médecine nucléaire, CHRU de Brest, EA3878 (GETBO), Université de Brest, CHRU Morvan, Médecine nucléaire, 2 avenue Foch, 29609, Brest Cedex, France. pierre-yves.leroux@chu-brest.fr.
² Department of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
³ Service de médecine nucléaire, CHRU de Brest, EA3878 (GETBO), Université de Brest, CHRU Morvan, Médecine nucléaire, 2 avenue Foch, 29609, Brest Cedex, France.

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