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A 28-year-old man presents to the emergency department with pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea. He has no cardiovascular risk factors and no significant past medical history. Clinical examination is unremarkable. ECG is normal and troponin is negative. His Wells score for pulmonary embolism is calculated as 1.5 (low pre-test probability). According to Australian practice, what is the most appropriate next investigation?

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