Although D-dimer results within a typical range can rule out pulmonary embolism, high results alone can’t diagnose this condition. Doctors usually need to run extra tests to make a diagnosis.

The role of venous duplex ultrasound (US) of the legs in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) is not clear with the advent of D-dimer testing and computed tomography (CT) pulmonary ...

Pulmonary embolism was a common outcome in many studies ... Included patients were those who had an acute DVT confirmed by ultrasound with or without a PE and whose physicians considered them ...