Helical CT Pulmonary Angiography Predictors of In-Hospital Morbidity and Mortality in Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Abstract

No CT variables predicted severe in-hospital morbidity and mortality (death from pulmonary embolism, death from any cause, or cardiac arrest) in patients with PE. However, ventricular septal bowing and increased RV/LV diameter ratio were both strongly predictive of less severe morbidity, namely, subsequent ICU admission, and oligemia was associated with subsequent intubation and vasopressor use.