Comparison of CT assessed right ventricular size and cardiac biomarkers for predicting short-term clinical outcome in normotensive patients suspected of having acute pulmonary embolism

MeSH terms

• Acute Disease
• Adult
• Aged
• Biomarkers / blood
• Female
• Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products / metabolism
• Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
• Humans
• Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / blood
• Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / diagnosis*
• Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / diagnostic imaging
• Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / etiology
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Myocardium / metabolism*
• Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / blood*
• Odds Ratio
• Peptide Fragments / blood*
• Predictive Value of Tests
• Prospective Studies
• Pulmonary Embolism / blood
• Pulmonary Embolism / complications
• Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis*
• Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
• ROC Curve
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
• Troponin T / blood*