Predictive value of troponins and simplified pulmonary embolism severity index in patients with normotensive pulmonary embolism.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To investigate whether 2 cardiac troponins [conventional troponin-T(cTnT) and high sensitive troponin-T(hsTnT)] combined with simplified pulmonary embolism severity index (sPESI), or either test alone are useful for predicting 30-day mortality and 6 months adverse outcomes in patients with normotensive pulmonary embolism(PE).

Methods

The prospective study included 121 consecutive patients with normotensive PE confirmed by computerized tomographic(CT) pulmonary angiography. The primary end point of the study was the 30-day all-cause mortality. The secondary end point included the 180-day all-cause mortality, the nonfatal symptomatic recurrent PE, or the nonfatal major bleeding.

Results

Overall, 16 (13.2%) out of 121 patients died during the first month of fo

SUBMITTER: Ozsu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3668152 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature