Pulmonary embolism in patients with chronic hypoxemia
Author(s) -
Lidija Ristić,
Milan Rančić,
Tatjana Pejčić
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns1008492r
Subject(s) - medicine , hypoxemia , pulmonary embolism , perfusion , embolism , pulmonary artery , cardiology , radiological weapon , pulmonary hypertension , incidence (geometry) , radiology , group b , lung , physics , optics
The aim of this prospective, originally designed, clinical--diagnostic study including 200 chronic hypoxemic patients was to assess the possibility of implementation of noninvasive diagnostic strategy and to investigate the incidence of pulmonary embolism and parameters of diagnostic accuracy of radiological findings according to Shintz criteria, echocardiography, lung perfusion scanning according to PIOPED criteria.
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