Echocardiographic Predictors of Pulmonary Embolism in Patients Referred for Helical CT

• Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) Vol. 25; no. 6; pp. 584 - 590
• Main Authors: Lodato, Joseph A., Ward, R. Parker, Lang, Roberto M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.07.2008
• Subjects: Echocardiography - methods; embolism; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Prognosis; Pulmonary Embolism - diagnostic imaging; Reproducibility of Results; right ventricular function; Risk Assessment - methods; Risk Factors; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tomography, Spiral Computed - methods; transthoracic echocardiography

Background: Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is ordered frequently in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE). Multiple indices have been suggested to play a useful diagnostic role. We sought to determine the relative predictive accuracy of suggested quantitative indices among patients r...