Risk assessment of acute pulmonary embolism utilizing coronary artery calcifications in patients that have undergone CT pulmonary angiography and transthoracic echocardiography.
Benedikt H HeidingerDominique DaBreoRachael R KirkbrideMario SantosBrett J CarrollStephanie A FeldmanDonya MohebaliIan McCormickJason D MatosWarren J ManningDiana E LitmanovichPublished in: European radiology (2020)
• Coronary artery calcification assessed on computed tomography pulmonary angiography is frequent in patients with acute pulmonary embolism. • Coronary artery calcification assessed on computed tomography pulmonary angiography is associated with 30-day overall and PE-related mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolism. • Coronary artery calcification assessed on computed tomography pulmonary angiography may serve as an additional, easy readily available tool for early risk stratification in those patients.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary embolism
- computed tomography
- coronary artery
- end stage renal disease
- pulmonary hypertension
- pulmonary artery
- chronic kidney disease
- inferior vena cava
- positron emission tomography
- optical coherence tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- dual energy
- newly diagnosed
- risk assessment
- contrast enhanced
- ejection fraction
- peritoneal dialysis
- image quality
- prognostic factors
- heart failure
- magnetic resonance
- liver failure
- heavy metals
- climate change
- drug induced