An analogy between clot burden and right ventricular dysfunction in acute pulmonary thromboembolism on computed tomography pulmonary angiography using modified millers score: a one year hospital based cross sectional study

Abstract

ABSTRACT Background:Acute pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) is a common disease which is potentially fatal and has a high mortatility rate. PTE is third most common case of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, after cardiovascular causes and stroke. CTPA is current standard of care and provides accurate diagnosis with rapid turnaround time. Patients with acute PTE and RVD have a higher mortality rate than those without RVD. Objective:To determine the correlation between increasing pulmonary embolism thrombus load using modified miller’s score and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction as demonstrated by CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) and to investigate any relationship between pulmonary thrombus load, CT signs and 2D Echo features of right ventricular dysfunction.