Question

A 60-year-old woman presents with pleuritic chest pain and breathlessness. Her Wells score for pulmonary embolism is 5 (PE likely). She is haemodynamically stable. What is the most appropriate immediate diagnostic test?

Accepted Answer

CT pulmonary angiography

Answer

Ventilation–perfusion (V/Q) scan without chest X-ray

Answer

D-dimer only

Answer

Transthoracic echocardiogram

Answer

Lower limb venous ultrasound only

Practice question

A 60-year-old woman presents with pleuritic chest pain and breathlessness. Her Wells score for pulmonary embolism is 5 (PE likely). She is haemodynamically stable. What is the most appropriate immediate diagnostic test?