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15878009

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-5-9
pubmed:abstractText
Forty-six consecutive patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) who underwent pulmonary angiography, helical computed tomography (CT), and echocardiography in the investigators' emergency department were studied. It was determined that the CT right ventricular (RV)/left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic area ratio was correlated with PE obstruction and echocardiography. A CT RV/LV area ratio >1 had a sensitivity of 88% and a specificity of 88% in diagnosing significant PE. The present study suggests that helical CT may be used as a triage tool in acute PE for selecting high-risk patients, using calculation of the RV/LV area ratio to detect RV dysfunction.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0002-9149
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
95
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1260-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Diagnosis of right ventricular dysfunction in acute pulmonary embolism using helical computed tomography.
pubmed:affiliation
Cardiology Department, Hôpital Universitaire Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Boulogne, France. nicolas.mansencal@apr.ap-hop-paris.fr <nicolas.mansencal@apr.ap-hop-paris.fr>
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Evaluation Studies