CT CHEST PE PROTOCOL WITH IV (IODINE) CONTRAST

CT PULMONARY ANGIOGRAM (CTPA) Here we have a CTPA study - what does it show? PULMONARY EMBOLISM (PE) 👨🏽‍💻In PE, a blood clot travels, usually from one of the deep veins within the legs, through the IVC, into the right atrium then ventricle and into the pulmonary trunk and pulmonary arteries 👨🏽‍💻Although a lot of the time this can pass without further problem for the patient, further clot can go on to cause right heart strain and arrhythmia which can be fatal 👨🏽‍💻The mainstay of treatmen