Application of the pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria (PERC rule) and age-adjusted D-Dimer in patients undergoing computed tomography pulmonary angiography for diagnosis of pulmonary embolism.
John Jaime Sprockel DiazLuz Amaya Veronesi ZuluagaDiana Carolina Coral CoralDiana Marcela Fierro RodriguezPublished in: Jornal vascular brasileiro (2023)
Application of age-adjusted D-dimer and the PERC rule to patients taken for CTPA because of suspected PE seems to reduce the number of indications for the procedure.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary embolism
- computed tomography
- inferior vena cava
- patients undergoing
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- positron emission tomography
- optical coherence tomography
- pulmonary hypertension
- prognostic factors
- minimally invasive
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes