A predictive tool for the assessment of right ventricular dysfunction in non-high-risk patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rapid and accurate identification of right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is essential for decreasing mortality associated with acute pulmonary embolism (PE), particularly for non-high-risk patients without hypotension on admission. This study aimed to develop a rapid and accurate tool for predicting the risk of RV dysfunction in non-high-risk patients with acute PE.

Methods

The medical records of non-high-risk patients with acute PE admitted to Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University between January 2011 and May 2020 were retrospectively analysed. The primary outcome of this study was RV dysfunction within 24 h after admission. The enrolled patients were randomized into training or validation sets as a ratio of 2:1. In the training set, a nomogram was develo

SUBMITTER: Gao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7842037 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature