CT Pulmonary Angiography: Increasingly Diagnosing Less Severe Pulmonary Emboli
Schissler AJ, Rozenshtein A, Kulon ME, Pearson GD, Green RA, Stetson PD, Brenner DJ, D'Souza B, Tsai WY, Schluger NW, Einstein AJ. CT Pulmonary Angiography: Increasingly Diagnosing Less Severe Pulmonary Emboli. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e65669. PMID: 23776522, PMCID: PMC3680477, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065669.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary emboliAcute pulmonary emboliMyocardial injuryDiagnostic yieldPeak serum troponin levelsUrban academic medical centerStudy periodLarge urban academic medical centerTransthoracic echocardiography findingsPresence of PERight ventricular abnormalitiesChronic pulmonary emboliSerum troponin levelsMultivariate logistic regressionAcademic medical centerEchocardiography findingsTroponin levelsAdult patientsVentricular abnormalitiesEmergency departmentDisease spectrumRV abnormalitiesMedical CenterSevere spectrumDisease severity