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Electrocardiogram, Echocardiogram and NT-proBNP in Screening for Thromboembolism Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients after Pulmonary Embolism.

Olga Dzikowska-DiduchKatarzyna KurnickaBarbara LichodziejewskaIwona Dudzik-NiewiadomskaMichał MachowskiMarek F RoikMałgorzata WiśniewskaJan SiwiecIzabela Magdalena StaniszewskaPiotr Pruszczyk
Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)
Screening for CTEPH/CTEPD should be performed in patients with reduced exercise tolerance compared to the pre PE period. It is not effective in asymptomatic PE survivors. Patients with CTEPH/CTED predominantly had abnormalities indicating chronic thromboembolism in the echocardiographic assessment. NT-proBNP and electrocardiographic characteristics of right ventricle overload proved to be insufficient in predicting CTEPH/CTEPD development.
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