Heart, lung & circulation
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Heart, lung & circulation · Aug 2014
Multicenter Study Clinical TrialPrevalence of venous thromboembolic events and diagnostic performance of the wells score and revised geneva scores for pulmonary embolism in patients with interstitial lung disease: a prospective study.
To determine the prevalence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung diseases (CTD-ILD) and idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP) and to further evaluate associated risk factors. To also examine the diagnostic performance of the Wells score and the revised Geneva scores for diagnosing pulmonary embolism (PE) in ILD patients. ⋯ VTE can be seen in approximately one fourth of patients with CTD-ILD or IIP and the Wells score and the revised Geneva score can be used for categorising PE risk.