Ultrasonography of Chest Versus Pulmonary Artery CT Angiography in Patients With Symptoms and Signs in Favor of PTE

Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pulmonary Thromboembolism

Treatments: Other: Emergency Bedside Ultrasonography of chest; Other: Pulmonary artery CT Angiography

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01558206

390327

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study the investigators compare the diagnostic validity of Bedside Ultrasonography of chest and Pulmonary artery CT Angiography in the patients who came to Emergency Department of Alzahra General Hospital from 1 may 2012 to 1 October 2012 with respiratory symptoms and signs in favor of Pulmonary Thromboemboli (PTE).

Enrollment: 76 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with signs or symptoms in favor of PTE who come to Emergency department of Alzahra General Hospital.

Exclusion criteria

• previous history of Allergy to IV contrast
• Serum creatinin more than 1.8
• patients that will not agree to participate in the study.
• pregnancy
• Body weight more than 120 kg

Trial design

76 participants in 1 patient group

Patients with impression of PTE

Description:

Those with signs and symptoms in favor of pulmonary thromboembolism.

Treatment:

Other: Pulmonary artery CT Angiography

Other: Emergency Bedside Ultrasonography of chest