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Pregnancy is a recognized risk factor for venous thromboembolism, and symptoms of normal pregnancy including shortness of breath, tachycardia and leg swelling are included in clinical tools for risk stratification for PE in the non-pregnant population. This results in a very low threshold for imaging, despite concerns regarding the risk of exposure to ionizing radiation both for the fetus and the maternal breast. We reviewed the results of all ventilation\/perfusion scans and computed tomography pulmonary angiograms performed in pregnant women at a single institution to identify how many of these tests were positive for PE, and which clinical features may identify a low-risk group. A total of 386 scans were performed to investigate 375 episodes of suspected PE, representing 1.3\u20131.5% of pregnant women. Fifteen patients were diagnosed with PE, giving an incidence of one in 2000 maternities. The only statistically significant factors associated with PE were smoking or the presence of multiple risk factors. Clinical features of tachycardia and leg swelling did not provide significant diagnostic value; however, the absence of pleuritic chest pain had a negative predictive value of 97.8%. Arterial blood gas and D-dimer were statistically different between those with and without PE but not to a clinically useful degree. Currently available clinical and laboratory tools are not adequate to exclude a diagnosis of PE in a pregnant patient, thus imaging is justified to exclude PE. 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