Recommendations for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Thromboembolism

Recommendation	Class of recommendation	Level of evidence
Diagnosis of patients with clinical suspicion of PTE should be confirmed using an imaging test and pulmonary Angio-CT should be selected	I	A
Pulmonary V/Q scintigraphy can be performed in patients when pulmonary Angio-CT is contraindicated or inconclusive or negative, and there is clinical suspicion of PTE	I	A
Pulmonary digital angiography can be performed in patients when Angio-CT and V/Q scintigraphy are contraindicated, or the results were inconclusive	I	A