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A 32-year-old woman presents with pleuritic chest pain and shortness of breath after a long-haul flight. She is tachycardic, mildly hypoxic and has no leg swelling. Wells score suggests intermediate probability of pulmonary embolism. According to standard Canadian practice, what is the most appropriate initial diagnostic test?

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