PMID: 26806494Jan 26, 2016Paper

Regional registry of pulmonary embolism

Vnitr̆ní lékar̆ství
Mária Záňová, Zdeněk Monhart

Abstract

Pulmonary embolism (PE) together with coronary heart disease and arterial hypertension are most common diseases of cardiovascular system. Due to its high mortality rate it is worth of attention. to describe characteristics of patients with PE, provide data about treatment and inpatient mortality rate. Also to identify an occurence of right-sided heart thrombi in patients with PE and efficiency/safety of thrombolytic therapy in this subpopulation. To evaluate effectiveness/importance of basic oncology screening in patients with PE (meaning efficiency of provided examinations to uncover hidden malignancy). Our registry is based on observation of consecutive patients with PE hospitalized in our hospital (catchment area of Znojmo region, 130,000 inhabitants) since July 2011 until April 2014. We collected data about 188 patients diagnosed with acute or subacute PE by perfusion lung scan, CT angiography or typical symptoms with echocardiography findings. In the cohort there were 71 men (37.8%) and 117 women (62.2%), average age 66 years (16-94), 72.9% of patients were older than 60 years of age. History of thromboembolic disease was present in 37 patients (19.7%), malignancy in 36 of them (19.1%), signs of deep vein thrombosis in 36 ...Continue Reading

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