The aim of the study is to determine the diagnostic accuracy of 99mTc ThromboView® SPECT imaging for the detection of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients for whom there is a moderate to high clinical suspicion for PE.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
61
Radiopharmaceutical, single dose, of the diagnosis of venous thromboembolism
UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California, United States
UCSD Medical Center
San Diego, California, United States
Henry Forde Hospital
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis
St Louis, Missouri, United States
Provide estimates of the sensitivity of 99mTc ThromboView® in subjects with confirmed PE, as determined by computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) and the specificity of 99mTc ThromboView® in subjects with PE excluded by CTPA
Time frame: June 2008
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McMaster University Medical Center
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
St. Joseph's Hospital
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada