Diagnostic value of QRS and S wave variation in patients with suspicion of acute pulmonary embolism

• Published in: The American journal of emergency medicine Vol. 36; no. 12; pp. 2197 - 2202
• Main Authors: Çağdaş, Metin, Karakoyun, Süleyman, Rencüzoğulları, İbrahim, Karabağ, Yavuz, Artaç, İnanç, İliş, Doğan, Hamideyin, Şerif, Karayol, Sibel, Çiftçi, Handan, Çınar, Tufan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2018; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Acute pulmonary embolism; Adult; Aged; Angiography; Arrhythmias, Cardiac - complications; Arrhythmias, Cardiac - physiopathology; Computed tomography; Computed Tomography Angiography; EKG; Electrocardiogram; Electrocardiography; Embolism; Embolisms; Emergency; Emergency medical care; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Heart - physiopathology; Heart rate; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Medical diagnosis; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Normal distribution; Patients; Population; Population studies; Pulmonary arteries; Pulmonary Embolism - complications; Pulmonary Embolism - diagnosis; Pulmonary Embolism - physiopathology; Pulmonary embolisms; QRS variation; S wave variation; Sensitivity and Specificity; Thromboembolism; Variation; Veins & arteries; QRS variation; Acute pulmonary embolism; Electrocardiogram; S wave variation

This study aimed to investigate the diagnostic value of QRS and S wave variation in patients admitted to the emergency department with suspicion of acute pulmonary embolism (APE). Computerized tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) was performed in 118 consecutive patients to evaluate patients wit...