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A 45-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with sudden onset pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea. She has unilateral calf swelling and is taking the combined oral contraceptive pill. Her PE Wells score is calculated as 6 (PE likely). She is haemodynamically stable. What is the single most appropriate next investigation?

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