Prognosis Of Pulmonary Embolism In The Era Of Multislice CT Pulmonary Angiography.
Ghada A Abdel monem
, Mai E.M. Khamis
, Enass M Khattab
, Shimaa Farouk Abdelhai
and Ayman R Abdelhai.
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Objective: To detect the value of multislice computed tomography pulmonary angiography in diagnosis and predicting outcome of pulmonary embolism. Patients and methods: This study included 25 patients, 7 males and 18 females ( 27 - 63 years old). All were examined by MSCT and V/Q scan. Results: We found statistically significant differences in RV short axis, RV/LV ratio, aorta diameter and azygos vein diameter (P values 0.022, 0.011, 0.040, < 0.001 respectively) between patients with adverse and patients with no adverse clinical outcome. Conclusion: MSCT has a prognostic value in assessment of pulmonary embolism so it can replace V/Q scan.
[Ghada A Abdel monem, Mai E.M. Khamis, Enass M Khattab, Shimaa Farouk Abdelhai and Ayman R Abdelhai. (2016); Prognosis Of Pulmonary Embolism In The Era Of Multislice CT Pulmonary Angiography. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Jun). 1287-1297] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
