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ModerateRespiratoryPulmonary embolism diagnosisuk-plab-1

A 27-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department with sudden onset pleuritic chest pain and shortness of breath 2 weeks after a long-haul flight. She is tachycardic and mildly hypoxic but haemodynamically stable. Clinical probability of pulmonary embolism is assessed as ‘likely’. According to NICE CKS, what is the most appropriate immediate investigation?

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