RT Journal Article
T1 Early Use of Echocardiography in Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Findings From the RIETE Registry.
A1 Bikdeli, Behnood
A1 Lobo, José Luis
A1 Jiménez, David
A1 Green, Philip
A1 Fernández-Capitán, Carmen
A1 Bura-Riviere, Alessandra
A1 Otero, Remedios
A1 DiTullio, Marco R
A1 Galindo, Silvia
A1 Ellis, Martin
A1 Parikh, Sahil A
A1 Monreal, Manuel
A1 RIETE Investigators, 
K1 echocardiography
K1 pulmonary embolism
K1 trends
AB Background Transthoracic echocardiography ( TTE ) is often considered for risk stratification of patients with acute pulmonary embolism ( PE ). We sought to determine the contemporary utilization of early TTE (within 72 hours of PE diagnosis) and explored the association between TTE findings and PE -related mortality. Methods and Results Data from the RIETE (Registro Informatizado Enfermedad TromboEmbolica) registry, a multicenter registry of consecutive patients with acute PE , were used (2001-July 2017). We used a generalized linear mixed model to determine predictors of early TTE performance. Moreover, the association between 3 TTE variables (right atrial enlargement, right ventricular hypokinesis, and presence of right heart thrombi) and 30-day PE -related mortality was assessed in generalized linear mixed models adjusted for PE severity index, and other comorbidities. Among 35 935 enrollees with acute PE , 15 375 (42.8%) underwent early TTE . There was an increase in early TTE utilization rate over time ( P
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13139
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RD Apr 19, 2025