Septal bowing and pulmonary artery diameter on computed tomography pulmonary angiography are associated with short-term outcomes in patients with acute pulmonary embolism.
Mads Dam LyhneJacob Gammelgaard SchultzPeter J MacMahonFaris HaddadMannudeep KalraDavid Mai-King TsoAlona MuzikanskyMichael H LevChristopher KabrhelPublished in: Emergency radiology (2019)
Two easily attainable parameters of RV function on CTPA, septal bowing and main PA diameter, are associated with short-term adverse outcomes in patients with acute PE. Further study is required to determine whether these findings can be incorporated into clinical treatment algorithms.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary embolism
- pulmonary artery
- pulmonary hypertension
- computed tomography
- coronary artery
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- inferior vena cava
- optic nerve
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- optical coherence tomography
- machine learning
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- magnetic resonance imaging
- deep learning
- magnetic resonance
- contrast enhanced
- combination therapy
- image quality
- dual energy
- pet ct