Severity of acute pulmonary embolism: evaluation of a new spiral CT angiographic score in correlation with echocardiographic data
Severity of acute pulmonary embolism: evaluation of a new spiral CT angiographic score in correlation with echocardiographic data
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DOI:
10.1007/s00330-002-1515-y
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发表时间:
2003-01-01
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5.9
通讯作者:
Remy, J
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作者:
Mastora, I;Remy-Jardin, M;Remy, J
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the severity of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) could be quantitatively assessed with spiral CT angiography (SCTA). Thirty-six consecutive patients without underlying cardiopulmonary disease and high clinical suspicion of PE underwent prospectively thin-collimation SCTA and echocardiography at the time of the initial diagnosis (T0) and after initial therapy (T1; mean interval of time T1-T2: 32 days). The CT severity score was based on the percentage of obstructed surface of each central and peripheral pulmonary arterial section using a 5-point scale (1: 40 mm Hg). The SCTA depicted acute PE in all patients at T0 with complete resolution of endovascular clots in 10 patients at T1. At T0, the mean percentage of obstruction of the pulmonary arterial bed was significantly higher in the 22 patients with echocardiographic signs of severity (56+/-13 vs 28+/-32%; p