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'''Nuclear perfusion scintigraphy''' is a safe and sensitive test and will detect if there is a lack of perfusion of part of the lung.
 
'''Nuclear perfusion scintigraphy''' is a safe and sensitive test and will detect if there is a lack of perfusion of part of the lung.
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'''Lung Ultrasound''' will reveal wedge shaped defects on the air-chest wall interface.  Found to be 43% sensitive and 98% specific in a multi-center human trial compared to CT. [http://www.slideshare.net/basselericsoussi/thoracic-ultrasound-for-diagnosing-pulmonary-embolism]
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'''Lung Ultrasound''' may reveal wedge shaped defects on the air-chest wall interface.  Found to be 43% sensitive and 98% specific in a multi-center human trial compared to CT. [http://www.slideshare.net/basselericsoussi/thoracic-ultrasound-for-diagnosing-pulmonary-embolism]
    
==Treatment==
 
==Treatment==
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