Comparison of CT assessed right ventricular size and cardiac biomarkers for predicting short-term clinical outcome in normotensive patients suspected of having acute pulmonary embolism

J Thromb Haemost. 2010 Apr;8(4):853-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2010.03780.x. Epub 2010 Jan 24.

Authors

F A Klok, N Van Der Bijl, H C J Eikenboom, C J Van Rooden, A De Roos, L J M Kroft, M V Huisman

PMID: 20096002
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2010.03780.x

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study
Letter

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adult
Aged
Biomarkers / blood
Female
Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products / metabolism
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / blood
Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / diagnosis*
Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / diagnostic imaging
Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / etiology
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardium / metabolism*
Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / blood*
Odds Ratio
Peptide Fragments / blood*
Predictive Value of Tests
Prospective Studies
Pulmonary Embolism / blood
Pulmonary Embolism / complications
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis*
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
ROC Curve
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
Troponin T / blood*

Substances

Biomarkers
Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products
Peptide Fragments
Troponin T
fibrin fragment D
pro-brain natriuretic peptide (1-76)
Natriuretic Peptide, Brain