Pulmonary venous thromboembolic disease

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: C. Leroyer (Brest Cedex, France), A. Vonk Noordegraaf (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in first degree relatives (FDRS) of patients with unprovoked VTE who do not have factor V Leiden (FVL) or the G20210A prothrombin gene mutation (PGM) F. Couturaud, C. Leroyer, J. Julian, S. Kahn, J. Ginsberg, P. Wells, J. Douketis, D. Mottier, C. Kearon (Brest, France; Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Canada)
Prothrombin 20210 G/A mutation and EPCR I/D polymorphisms were rare in patients with pulmonary thromboembolism in Chinese Han population Z. Zhai, Y. Yang, C. Wang (Beijing, China)
First international registry on chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) G. Simonneau, M. Delcroix, E. Mayer, I. Lang, J. Pepke-Zaba (Paris, France; Leuven, Belgium; Mainz, Germany; Vienna, Austria; Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Pulmonary embolism severity index is useful in predicting mortality in patients investigated for query pulmonary embolism and negative CTPA P. Rawat, K. Todd, M. Babores, S. Schembri (Macclesfield, United Kingdom)
Comparison of the clinical probability scores and diagnostic tests of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism I. Porfyridis, G. Stathopoulos, A. Tsimogianni, I. Nikoloutsou, K. Stavrakaki, C. Roussos, N. Rovina (Athens, Greece)
Comparison of three clinical probability methods among patients with suspected pulmonary thromboembolism G. Atac, I. Ozmen, T. Sevim, E. Aksoy, L. Bostan, N. Aykac, K. Tahaoglu (Istanbul, Turkey)
C-reactive protein and D-dimer with clinical probability score in the exclusion of pulmonary embolism M. Zivkovic, V. Atanaskovic, G. Koracevic, S. Salinger Martinovic, T. Kostic (Nis, Serbia And Montenegro)
Role of electrocardiography score in massive and non-massive pulmonary thromboembolism L. Pur Ozyigit, G. Okumus, E. Kiyan, H. Issever, R. Engin Unver, T. Ozyigit, O. Arseven (Istanbul, Turkey)
Acute haemodynamics and gas exchange of CTEPH and pulmonary arterial hypertension L. Luo, Y. Yang, Z. Zhai, W. Xie, C. Wang (Beijing, China)
Prevalence of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension 2 years after pulmonary embolism D. Marti, D. Jimenez, C. Escobar, I. Rodriguez, M. Sarrion, D. Taboada, M. L. Giganto, G. Diaz, A. Sueiro, R. Yusen (Madrid, Spain; St. Louis, MO, United States Of America)
Homocysteine and serum-lipide levels in pulmonary thromboembolism A. Karalezli, E. Parlak, A. Senturk, H. C. Hasanoglu (Ankara, Turkey)
Are clinical parameters and biomarkers predictive of severity of pulmonary emboli (PE) as seen on computed tomography pulmonary angiogram (CTPA)? V. Jeebun, S. Doe, L. Singh, S. Worthy, I. Forrest (Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom)
Pulmonary embolism severity index is superior to the Geneva score at predicting which patients with suspected pulmonary embolism are at increased risk of death K. Todd, P. Rawat, M. Babores, S. Schembri (Macclesfield, United Kingdom)
Right heart dysfunction (RHD) in patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE): correlation between distribution of clots, troponin I and prognosis L. Masotti, F. Antonelli, E. Venturini, G. Landini, P. Rottoli (Cecina, Siena, Italy)
The assessment of heart chambers volumes using modified transpulmonary thermodilution in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) N. Khorokhordin, P. Yablonsky, A. Boyarkin, O. Maltseva, E. Pavlushkov (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation)
Comparison of clinical characteristics in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension W. Xie, Y. Yang, Z. Zhai, L. Luo, Z. Ma, C. Wang (Beijing, China)
In-hospital mortality of acute pulmonary thromboembolism: comparison between patients with objective diagnosis and non-confirmed suspicion M. Gazzana, M. Knorst, S. Menna Barreto (Porto Alegre – Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
Study on the risk factors of deep venous thrombosis in acute pulmonary thromboembolism Y. Yang, C. Wang, Z. Zhai (Beijing, China)
Incidence of venous thromboembolism 8-weeks post discharge in hospitalised medical patients not receiving thrombo-prophylaxis J. Bujanova, S. Parakh, A. Guhan (Middlesbrough, United Kingdom)