Assessment of the association between pre-treatment and post-treatment left atrium size and severity of disease in patients with acute pulmonary embolism by using computed tomography pulmonary angiography

Aslan K., Polat A. V., Guzel A., Ozturk M.

TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX, vol.67, no.1, pp.1-7, 2019 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 67 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.5578/tt.67305
  • Journal Name: TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.1-7
  • Keywords: Computed tomography pulmonary angiography, left atrium size, acute pulmonary embolism, RIGHT-VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, EUROPEAN-SOCIETY, CT ANGIOGRAPHY, TASK-FORCE, PREDICTION, MANAGEMENT, GUIDELINES, DIAGNOSIS, DEATH, RISK
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: As far as we know, left atrium (LA) imaging findings of pre-treatment and post-treatment nonmassive, submassive and massive acute pulmonary embolism (APE) have not been reported in literature. The aim of this study is to assess LA sizes of nonmassive, submassive and massive APE before and after treatment with computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) and to research whether there are differences between groups.