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- Published on: 29 November 2005
- Published on: 29 November 2005Predicting in-hospital death related to pulmonary embolismShow More
Dear Editor,
Ghuysen et al in their recent retrospective study demonstrated the potential value of CTPA RV/LV ratio in predicting in-hospital mortality related to pulmonary embolism.[1] I wondered if they assessed ECG evidence of acute right heart strain and/or serum cardiac biomarkers of injury in the same study and what the relative prognostic value of these indices versus the CTPA RV/LV ratio was, assuming th...
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