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A 52-year-old woman with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis on methotrexate presents with new shortness of breath, pleuritic chest pain and haemoptysis. She recently had knee replacement surgery and has been relatively immobile. Oxygen saturation is 90% on room air. Which is the most appropriate initial diagnostic test to confirm suspected pulmonary embolism?

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