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Diagnosing Pulmonary Embolism with Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography

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dc.contributor.author RANGA, Doina
dc.contributor.author CAPROS, Natalia
dc.contributor.author CEALAN, Andrei
dc.contributor.author SIRBU, Ion
dc.contributor.author TALMACI, Cornelia
dc.contributor.author MATCOVSCHI, Sergiu
dc.date.accessioned 2023-11-15T10:41:12Z
dc.date.available 2023-11-15T10:41:12Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.identifier.citation RANGA, Doina, CAPROS, Natalia, CEALAN, Andrei et al. Diagnosing Pulmonary Embolism with Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography. In: 6th International Conference on Nanotechnologies and Biomedical Engineering: proc. of ICNBME-2023, 20–23, 2023, Chisinau, vol. 2: Biomedical Engineering and New Technologies for Diagnosis, Treatment, and Rehabilitation, 2023, p. 333-342. ISBN 978-3-031-42781-7. e-ISBN 978-3-031-42782-4. en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 978-3-031-42781-7
dc.identifier.isbn 978-3-031-42782-4
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42782-4_36
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.utm.md/handle/5014/24815
dc.description Acces full text - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42782-4_36 en_US
dc.description.abstract Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the third most common cause of cardiovascular mortality after myocardial infarction and stroke. Incidence rates range from 53 to 162 per 100 000 inhabitants. The CTPA is reported as the standard of care for the evaluation of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism. The aim of study was to assess the diagnostic performance of CTPA for finding of PE on contrast-enhanced chest CT investigations. We included in the study 70 patients (mean age 63.2 ± 14.5 years; 35 women, 35 men) with a high clinical probability of PE, who were hospitalized in “Sfinta Treime” Hospital an subjected to the investigation of CTPA with contrast Ultravist 370. The diagnosis of PE was based on National clinical protocol criteria and was confirmed in 55 (79%). The clinical presentation of patients ranged from sudden breathlessness (98,18%) to sudden cardiac arrest in 3 cases and the most frequent symptoms was pleuritic chest pain (76.36%) and less – hemoptysis (23.46%). The filling defects were determined on CTPA at the level of the: pulmonary trunk– in 7.2%, bilateral left main pulmonary artery (PA) and right main PA – in 36,3%, left main PA – in 16.3%, right PA (mainly in the lumen of the distal portion) – in 32.7%, left PA (distal portion) – in 20.0%, bilateral at the level of lobar/segmental/subsegmental PA – in 89.0%, right PA increased diameter - in 76.4%. Conclusion: computed tomography pulmonary angiography diagnostic performance in pulmonary embolism is high and useful in cases of suspected PE, because it can confirm the diagnosis and reveal findings consistent with differential diagnosis. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Springer Nature Switzerland en_US
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States *
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ *
dc.subject pulmonary embolism en_US
dc.subject computed tomography en_US
dc.subject pulmonary angiography en_US
dc.title Diagnosing Pulmonary Embolism with Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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    6th International Conference on Nanotechnologies and Biomedical Engineering, September 20–23, 2023, Chisinau, Moldova

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