Research Article

Four-Year Cumulative Radiation Exposure in Patients Undergoing Computed Tomography Angiography for Suspected Pulmonary Embolism

Table 1

Demographics of subjects.

Demographic data from the original 514 medical records examined

Mean age years
Age range16–70 years old
Male/female ratio200/314
Number of PEs identified by pulmonary CTA40 (7.8%)

Demographic data from 300-subject cohort

Mean age years
Age range16–70 years old
Male/female ratio108/182
Mean cumulative radiation dose  mSv
Number of PEs identified by pulmonary CTA19 (6.3%)