. 2019; 47(4): 273-280 | DOI: 10.5543/tkda.2019.77292 | |||
Short-term mortality of patients with saddle pulmonary embolism: A single-center studyReza Hajizadeh1, Samad Ghaffari1, Hamid Rajebi2, Hadiseh Kavandi1, Elnaz Javanshir1, Golshan Fahimi3, Sahar Ghodratizadeh41Cardiovascular Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical science, Tabriz, Iran2Department of Radiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA 3Department of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. 4School of medicine, Urmia University of Medical Science, Urmia, Iran Objective: Although hemodynamic instability has been identified as the most established mortality predictor in acute pulmonary embolism (PE), the debate is still open about the prognostic significance of saddle pulmonary embolism (SPE). This study determined the in-hospital mortality rate of SPE patients diagnosed via computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) and compared these cases with non-SPE patients. Reza Hajizadeh, Samad Ghaffari, Hamid Rajebi, Hadiseh Kavandi, Elnaz Javanshir, Golshan Fahimi, Sahar Ghodratizadeh. Short-term mortality of patients with saddle pulmonary embolism: A single-center study. . 2019; 47(4): 273-280 Sorumlu Yazar: Reza Hajizadeh, Iran |
|