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Keywords:
Embolism / Thrombosis, Embolisation, CT-Angiography, Pulmonary vessels
Authors:
F. Mohamad1, N. H. Nor Ikhsan1, C. O'Donnell2, M. Osman2; 1Galway/IE, 2Letterkenny/IE
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2016/C-0429
Aims and objectives
Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common and possibly lethal condition. Approximately 2% of in hospital death are attributed to PE (1).
Delays in pulmonary embolism diagnosis are frequent in spite of diagnostic advances(2).
CT pulmonary angiogram (CTPA) is the gold standard for diagnosing PE and is used when there is a clinical suspicion of PE (3). CTPA allows visualization of clots in the pulmonary arteries (4). To diagnose PE on CTPA,
it must fullfill the accepted criteria which are
- Lack of opacification of the vascular lumen due to a central filling defect.
- A partial filling defect surrounded by contrast material on a cross-sectional image or contrast material between the central filling defect and the artery wall on a longitudinal image.
- A peripheral intraluminal defect that forms an acute angle with the artery(5).
The aim of this study is to correlate clinical,
radiologic and pathologic findings for patients with suspected Pulmonary Embolism in the setting of a Level 3 Irish Hospital.