Non-invasive MDCT Pulmonary Angiography in Unselected Patients with suspected Pulmonary Thrombo- Embolism.
| dc.contributor.author | Kumar, M Krishna | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-01T10:24:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-03-01T10:24:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-10 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Pulmonary Thrombo-Embolism (PE) is a common and potentially lethal complication of deep venous Thrombosis (DVT). High sensitivity and specificity of Multi Detector Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography (MDCT-PA) in direct visualization of embolic material within the pulmonary arteries is due to its improved spatial and temporal resolution. Methods: We conducted a Prospective study to evaluate Non-invasive 256 Slice MDCT-PA in one hundred unselected patients with clinically suspected Pulmonary Embolism. Results: The total number of patients with thrombo-embolic disease in our study was 35 (35%), out of which acute PE & acute DVT were observed in 32% and 8% respectively. The percentage of Sub-segmental emboli among patients with acute PE was 34.37%, segmental thrombi was 87.5% and central thrombi was 96.87%.Conclusion: MDCT-PA possess the advantage of direct visualization and quantification of thrombo-embolic material and hence we advocate it to be the first-line imaging study for patients with clinically suspected PE. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Kumar M Krishna. Non-invasive MDCT Pulmonary Angiography in Unselected Patients with suspected Pulmonary Thrombo- Embolism. Annals of International Medical and Dental Research. 2015 Oct-Dec; 1(3): 141-149. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/174892 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.source.uri | https://aimdrjournal.com/pdf/Vol1Issue3_8OA.pdf | en_US |
| dc.subject | CT pulmonary angiography | en_US |
| dc.subject | CT venography | en_US |
| dc.subject | Deep venous thrombosis | en_US |
| dc.subject | MDCT-Pulmonary angiography | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pulmonary thrombo-embolism | en_US |
| dc.title | Non-invasive MDCT Pulmonary Angiography in Unselected Patients with suspected Pulmonary Thrombo- Embolism. | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |