Prognostic Value of Echocardiography in Normotensive Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Author(s) -
Piotr Pruszczyk,
Sylwia Goliszek,
Barbara Lichodziejewska,
Maciej Kostrubiec,
Michał Ciurzyński,
Katarzyna Kurnicka,
Olga Dzikowska-Diduch,
Piotr Palczewski,
Anna Wyzgał
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2013.11.004
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombolysis , cardiology , pulmonary embolism , hazard ratio , confidence interval , receiver operating characteristic , area under the curve , hemodynamics , myocardial infarction
The goal of the study was to evaluate the prognostic value of echocardiographic indices of right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) for prediction of pulmonary embolism-related 30-day mortality or need for rescue thrombolysis in initially normotensive patients with acute pulmonary embolism (APE).
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