Low concordance between CTPA and echocardiography in identification of right ventricular strain in PERT patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

Mads Dam LyhneNicholas GiordanoDavid M DudzinskiJasmine TorreyGrace WangHui ZhengBlair Alden ParryMannudeep K Kalra Christopher Kabrhel

Published in: Emergency radiology (2023)

In a selected population of patients with acute PE for which PERT was activated, CTPA is highly sensitive but not specific for the detection of RVS when compared to TTE.

Keyphrases

pulmonary embolism
inferior vena cava
label free
left ventricular
computed tomography
loop mediated isothermal amplification
pulmonary hypertension
real time pcr
bioinformatics analysis
fluorescent probe
living cells
mass spectrometry
atrial fibrillation