Annual Congress Barcelona 2010

Saturday, 18.09.2010
Sunday, 19.09.2010
Monday, 20.09.2010
Tuesday, 21.09.2010
Wednesday, 22.09.2010

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: Suppl. 54, abstract number.


Material from 2010:
  • 4910 Abstracts
  • 646 Slide presentations
  • 250 Webcasts
  • 97 Handouts
  • 2124 e-posters
  • 250 Multimedia files
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Pulmonary embolism

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: F. Parent (Clamart, France), Y. Adir (Haifa, Israel)
The role of D-dimers with immuno-turbidimetric assay in the initial management of pulmonary embolism
A. Tsimogianni, G. Stathopoulos, I. Porfyridis, I. Nikoloutsou, N. Gianniou, C. Roussos, S. Zakynthinos, N. Rovina (Athens, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Agreement of right ventricular enlargement assessed by CT angiogram for risk stratifying normotense patients with acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism
I. Neve, M. Barrón, C. Navarro, C. Alvarez, R. Valle, C. Rodriguez, D. Jimenez (Vitoria, Logroño, Barcelona, Oviedo, Cantabria, Sevilla, Madrid, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Venous thrombus resolution is accelerated by treatment with RNase
S. Puthenkalam, B. Redwan, A. Panzenböck, J. Jakowitsch, M. P. Winter, D. Bonderman, K. T. Preissner, I. M. Lang (Austria; Giessen, Germany)
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Predicting short-term mortality in patients with pulmonary embolism: A simple model
A. Papaioannou, E. Zintzaras, E. Zakynthinos, F. Malli, M. Mpakarozi, S. Moka, K. Gourgoulianis, Z. Daniil (Larissa, Greece)
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Comparing the reliability of reporting of single photon emission computed tomography ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy (SPECT-VQ) and CT pulmonary angiogram (CTPA) in pulmonary embolism (PE) diagnosis
S. Miles, K. Rogers, P. Thomas, L. Allen, B. Soans, C. Abel, E. Holt, J. Attia, C. D‘Este, M. Hensley (Newcastle, Brisbane, Australia)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Investigation of suspected pulmonary embolism in pregnancy in a large UK district general hospital
P. Marsden, D. Zardo, M. Elshafie, T. Saba (Blackpool, United Kingdom)
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Audit of CTPA requests and study outcome following introduction of a request form aid
S. Sharma, N. Adams (Worthing, United Kingdom)
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The value of D-dimer/fibrinogen ratio in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism
S. Yilmaz, F. Topcu, T. Yildiz, G. Ates, G. Bogatekin (Diyarbakir, Turkey)
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Elevated circulating adiponectin levels in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
S. Desole, H. Schrötter, M. Halank, S. Müller, K. Cima, C. M. Kähler (Austria; , Germany)
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Can we predict the massiveness of acute pulmonary embolism in stable patients?
N. Stoeva, G. Kirova, V. Hristowa, D. Lekova (Sofia, Bulgaria)
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3-month follow up in patients with hemodynamic stable acute pulmonary embolism with syncope as the presenting symptom
D. Blaszczyk, J. Lewczuk, A. Konieczny, R. Romaszkiewicz, M. Nowak, P. Piszko (Wroclaw, Poland)
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Prognostic value of D-dimer, BNP and CRP in acute pulmonary thromboembolism and relationship with echocardiography
C. Burnik, S. Okutucu, A. U. Demir, N. Özer, L. Çöplü (Ankara, Turkey)
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Endobronchial ultrasound for detecting central pulmonary emboli: A blinded, comparative trial: EBUS versus angio-CT
J. Aumiller, R. Eberhardt (Hamburg, Germany)
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Factors that predict the risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with VTE and factor V Leiden (FVL)
N. Paleiron, E. Noel-Savina, G. Quere, C. Leroyer, D. Mottier, F. Couturaud (Brest, France)
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Congress or journal article abstract
D-dimer to C-reactive protein (CRP) ratio in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism
S. Gonem, R. Sudhir, S. Mallik (United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Mortality and recurrence during a follow-up of 2 years of pulmonary embolism: Role of anticoagulant therapy
A. Palla, L. Marconi, A. Celi, M. S. Derlin, E. Mariancini, L. Villari, P. Roberta (Pisa, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Combination of prognostic tools for identifying high-risk normotensive patients with acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism
D. Jimenez, D. Aujesky, L. Moores, V. Gomez, D. Marti, S. Briongos, M. Monreal, V. Barrios, S. Konstantinides, R. Yusen (Madrid, Badalona, Spain; Lausanne, Switzerland; Bethesda, St. Louis, United States Of America; Alexandroupolis, Greece)
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Prognostic significance of right ventricular dysfunction detected by CT/Echocardiography and biomarkers in normotensive patients with pulmonary embolism
S. Ozsu, K. Kahraman, A. Mentese, A. Ozsu, S. C. Karahan, T. Özlü (Trabzon, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Diagnostic accuracy of SPECT ventilation-perfusion scan vs CT pulmonary angiography in high risk patients for pulmonary embolism
R. Mahdavi, J. Fayyaz, S. Scharf, M. Rogers, L. Difabrizio (New York, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Auditing thromboembolism prophylaxis in a district general hospital: A lean approach to improve practice
A. Thind, A. Blunsum, R. Allcock (Gateshead, United Kingdom)
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