Talk:Ventilation/perfusion scan

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Reference to PIOPED needed! JFW | T@lk 10:11, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Which is exactly what, pray tell? I approach a lot of the medical articles as a patient who has herself undergone the procedure, so I don't know what PIOPED is. --Kyok o 13:22, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

PIOPED is the Prospective Investigation of Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis study sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Some information on it can be found here: [1]. - 182.5.101.20 (talk) 16:59, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I think this page would benefit greatly from an image... does anyone else agree? Heather 13:39, 21 March 2008 (UTC)Glity_queen00