The CT revolution: the role of PIOPED II in establishing CT pulmonary angiography as the reference standard for pulmonary embolism diagnosis

Pia Iben Pietersen; Céline Goyard; Thomas Gille; Constance de Margerie-Mellon; Casper Falster

doi:10.1183/20734735.0228-2023

The CT revolution: the role of PIOPED II in establishing CT pulmonary angiography as the reference standard for pulmonary embolism diagnosis

Breathe (Sheff). 2024 Mar;20(1):230228. doi: 10.1183/20734735.0228-2023. Epub 2024 Mar 12.

Authors

Pia Iben Pietersen^{1

2}, Céline Goyard³, Thomas Gille^{4

5}, Constance de Margerie-Mellon⁶, Casper Falster^{7

8}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Odense University Hospital - Svendborg, Svendborg, Denmark.
² UNIFY - Research and Innovation Unit of Radiology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
³ Department of Respiratory Diseases, Foch Hospital, Suresnes, France.
⁴ Inserm U1272 'Hypoxia and the Lung', UFR Santé - Médecine - Biologie Humaine Léonard de Vinci, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Bobigny, France.
⁵ Service de Physiologie et Explorations Fonctionnelles, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Avicenne, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Paris Seine-Saint-Denis, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Bobigny, France.
⁶ Université Paris Cité, Department of Radiology, Hôpital Saint-Louis Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
⁷ Odense Respiratory Research Unit (ODIN), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
⁸ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.

Abstract

The PIOPED II study provided a robust estimate of the diagnostic accuracy of multidetector CTPA in suspected pulmonary embolism and played a pivotal role in establishing CTPA as the current diagnostic gold standard https://bit.ly/3HEyVxy.