Objectives Treatment guidelines for acute pulmonary embolism (PE) recommend risk
stratifying patients to assess PE severity, as those at higher risk should be considered for …

Objective: Pulmonary hypertension may be encountered in the intensive care unit in patients
with critical illnesses such as acute respiratory distress syndrome, left ventricular …

Massive pulmonary embolism (PE) is characterized by systemic hypotension (defined as a
systolic arterial pressure< 90 mm Hg or a drop in systolic arterial pressure of at least 40 mm …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prognostic value of electrocardiography (ECG) alone or in
combination with echocardiography in patients with acute pulmonary embolism and normal …

Objectives: The authors hypothesized that emergency department (ED) patients with a
delayed diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) will have a higher frequency of altered …

Background: To assess the influence of electrocardiographic (ECG) pattern on prognosis
and complications of patients hospitalized with acute pulmonary embolism (APE). Methods …

Background: Although echocardiography has proven utility in risk stratifying normotensive
patients with pulmonary embolism, echocardiography is not always available. Objective …

Background Cardiogenic shock (CS) is a predictor of poor prognosis in patients with acute
pulmonary embolism (APE). Objectives The aim of this study was to compare …

Pulmonary embolism is a common disease associated with a high mortality rate. Death due
to pulmonary embolism occurs more commonly in undiagnosed patients before hospital …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to establish whether a correlation exists between
the CT pulmonary angiographic clot burden score, the ECG score at diagnosis, and the 12 …