Right ventricular strain on CT pulmonary angiogram independently predicts 30-day mortality in acute pulmonary embolism

J. D. Chalmers, C. Scally, M. Al-Khairalla, L. Leitch, A. Singanayagam, A. T. Hill (Edinburgh, Dundee, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Pulmonary embolism
Session: Pulmonary embolism
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 3863
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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J. D. Chalmers, C. Scally, M. Al-Khairalla, L. Leitch, A. Singanayagam, A. T. Hill (Edinburgh, Dundee, United Kingdom). Right ventricular strain on CT pulmonary angiogram independently predicts 30-day mortality in acute pulmonary embolism. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, 3863

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