yemenjmedYemen Journal of MedicinecoVolume 2 Issue 2 MultidisciplinaryEnglishMay-August 2023NNY20230928ArticlePulmonary artery computed tomographic angiographies performed on women of reproductive ageEnglishY118119Hasan BakiAltınsoy1EnglishNMustafaSabak2EnglishYMuratTaşdemir3EnglishYMustafaBoğan3EnglishY10.32677/yjm.v2i2.4081We read with interest an article that described a retrospective analysis of the CTPA (computed tomographic pulmonary angiography) findings in women of reproductive age. The authors looked at the results of 100 women of reproductive age who had normal chest X-rays but were suspected of having pulmonary embolisms (PE).Englishhttps://yemenjmed.com/admin/abstract?id=71References1619Champion N, Hogan S, Flemming J. Assessing the Prevalence of Incidental Findings Identified by CTPA in Women of Reproductive Age. Emerg Med Int. 2018;4630945.Arseven O. Akut pulmoner embolizm. In: Tand;uuml;rktaş H, Ekim N, editors. Göğüs Hastalıkları Acilleri. Ankara: Bilimsel Tıp; 2000. p. 247-265.Alotaibi GS, Wu C, Senthilselvan A, McMurtry MS. Secular Trends in Incidence and Mortality of Acute Venous Thromboembolism: The AB-VTE Population-Based Study. Am J Med. 2016;129(8):879-e19.Karalezli A. Pulmoner Emboli. Gand;uuml;ncel Gand;ouml;ğand;uuml;s Hastalıkları Serisi. 2018;6(2):16-35.Goodacre S, Sampson FC, Sutton AJ, Mason S, Morris F. Variation in the diagnostic performance of D-dimer for suspected deep vein thrombosis. QJM. 2005;98(7):513-527.Brown MD, Lau J, Nelson RD, et al. Turbidimetric D-dimer test in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: a metaanalysis. Clin Chem. 2003;49(11):1846-1853.Wells PS, Anderson DR, Rodger M, et al. Evaluation of D-dimer in the diagnosis of suspected deep-vein thrombosis. N Engl J Med. 2003;349(13):1227-1235.Hu JJ, Smith TR, Miller MS, et al. Genetic regulation of ionizing radiation sensitivity and breast cancer risk. Environ Mol Mutagen. 2002;39(2-3):208-215.Grant EJ, Cologne JB, Sharp GB, et al. Bioavailable serum estradiol may alter radiation risk of postmenopausal breast cancer: a nested case-control study. Int J Radiat Biol. 2018;94(2):97-105.Hassan NH, Ali RM. Determination of Contributing Environmental Factors to Breast Cancer in women: A Retrospective Study in Babylon Governorate. Karbala J Med. 2017;10(2):2687-2694.Franasiak JM, Scott RT. Demographics of cancer in the reproductive age female. In: Cancer and Fertility. Cham: Humana Press; 2016. p. 11-19.Konstantinides SV, Meyer G, Becattini C, et al. 2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism developed in collaboration with the European Respiratory Society (ERS). Eur Heart J. 2020;41(4):543and;ndash;603.