Pulmonary Angiography in the Diagnosis of Thromboembolic Disease

Abstract

PULMONARY angiography is potentially the most positive means for diagnosing thromboembolism of the lung. The importance of such a procedure can hardly be overstated when one is dealing with a diagnosis that is missed more often than it is made¹ and in which recurrences may subsequently prove to be fatal. Since current therapy has been shown to improve prognosis significantly² early diagnosis becomes especially important.The present report was prompted by the successful use of pulmonary angiography in 8 of 11 patients in whom the diagnosis of thromboembolic disease was suspected. Five cases of the group studied are presented in . . .