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Rofo · Oct 2006

Clinical Trial

[Acute pulmonary embolism: prediction of cor pulmonale and short-term patient survival from assessment of cardiac dimensions in routine multidetector-row CT].

Evaluation of the prognostic value of morphological cardiac parameters in patients with suspected and incidental acute pulmonary embolism (PE) using multidetector-row chest CT (MSCT). ⋯ The RV (D) and RV (D)/LV (D) ratio were suitable for identifying patients with acute cor pulmonale and for benign short-term prognosis. Further studies should prospectively address the combined use of CT-morphological and clinical parameters for the prediction of patient outcome.

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