Study with CT Data Suggests Women with PE Have More Than Triple the One-Year Mortality Rate than Men
New research suggests that women have a significantly higher risk of death within one year of pulmonary embolism (PE) detection than men. For the retrospective study, recently published in Clinical Imaging, researchers reviewed data from 33,628 women (mean age of 55) who had computed tomography (CT) pulmonary angiography or ventilation/perfusion scintigraphy over a seven-year period … Read more