Diagnostic strategy for patients with suspected pulmonary embolism: A prospective multicentre outcome study

Lancet

Volumn 360, Issue 9349, 2002, Pages 1914-1920

  Musset, Dominique ^a   Parent, Florence ^a   Meyer, Guy ^b   Maître, Sophie ^a   Girard, Philippe ^c   Leroyer, Christophe ^d   Revel, Marie Pierre ^b   Carette, Marie France ^e   Laurent, Marcel ^f   Charbonnier, Bernard ^g   Laurent, François ^h   Mal, Hervé ⁱ   Nonent, Michel ^d   Lancar, Rémi ^j   Grenier, Philippe ^j   Simonneau, Gérald ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^c INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

^d SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^e HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^f PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^h HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^j PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0037079361     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11914-3     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Stein P.D., Terrin M.L., Hales C.A., et al. Clinical, laboratory, roentgenographic, and electrocardiographic findings in patients with acute pulmonary embolism and no pre-existing cardiac or pulmonary disease. Chest. 100:1991;598-603.
2. Wells P.S., Ginsberg J.S., Anderson D.R., et al. Use of a clinical model for safe management of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism. Ann Intern Med. 129:1998;997-1005.
3. Hyers T.M. Venous thromboembolism. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 159:1999;1-14.
4. Stein P.D., Athanasoulis C., Alavi A., et al. Complications and validity of pulmonary angiography in acute pulmonary embolism. Circulation. 85:1992;462-468.
5. van Beek E.J., Bakker A.J., Reekers J.A. Pulmonary embolism: interobserver agreement in the interpretation of conventional angiographic and DSA images in patients with nondiagnostic lung scan results. Radiology. 198:1996;721-724.
6. Stein P.D., Henry J.W., Gottschalk A. Reassessment of pulmonary angiography for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: relation of interpreter agreement to the order of the involved pulmonary arterial branch. Radiology. 210:1999;689-691.
7. Perrier A., Desmarais S., Miron M.J., et al. Non-invasive diagnosis of venous thromboembolism in outpatients. Lancet. 353:1999;190-195.
8. Remy-Jardin M., Remy J., Wattinne L., Giraud F. Central pulmonary thromboembolism: diagnosis with spiral volumetric CT with the single-breath-hold technique-comparison with pulmonary angiography. Radiology. 185:1992;381-387.
9. Rathbun S.W., Raskob G.E., Whitsett T.L. Sensitivity and specificity of spiral computed tomography in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: a systematic review. Ann Intern Med. 132:2000;227-232.
10. Perrier A., Howarth N., Didier D., et al. Performance of spiral computed tomography in unselected outpatients with suspected pulmonary embolism. Ann Intern Med. 135:2001;88-97.
11. Ferretti G.R., Bosson J.L., Buffaz P.D., et al. Acute pulmonary embolism: role of spiral CT in 164 patients with intermediate probability at ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy and normal results at duplex US of the legs. Radiology. 205:1997;453-458.
12. Value of the ventilation/perfusion scan in acute pulmonary embolism: results of the prospective investigation of pulmonary embolism diagnosis. JAMA. 263:1990;2753-2759.
13. Hull R.D., Raskob G.E., Ginsberg J.S., et al. A noninvasive strategy for the treatment of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism. Arch Intern Med. 154:1994;289-297.
14. Hartmann I.J., Prins M.H., Buller H.R., Banga J.D. Acute pulmonary embolism: impact of selection bias in prospective diagnostic studies. Thromb Haemost. 85:2001;604-608.
15. Wells P.S., Anderson D.R., Rodger M., et al. Excluding pulmonary embolism at the bedside without diagnostic imaging: management of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism presenting to the emergency department by using a simple clinical model and D-dimer. Ann Intern Med. 135:2001;98-107.
16. Miron M.J., Perrier A., Bounameaux H., et al. Contribution of noninvasive evaluation to the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in hospitalized patients. Eur Respir J. 13:1999;1365-1370.
17. van Erkel A.R., van Rossum A.B., Bloem J.L., Kievit J., Pattynama P.M. Spiral CT angiography for suspected pulmonary embolism: a cost- effectiveness analysis. Radiology. 201:1996;29-36.
18. Remy-Jardin M., Remy J., Deschildre F., et al. Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism with spiral CT: comparison with pulmonary angiography and scintigraphy. Radiology. 200:1996;699-706.
19. Garg K., Welsh C.H., Feyerabend A.J., et al. Pulmonary embolism: diagnosis with spiral CT and ventilation-perfusion scanning-correlation with pulmonary angiographic results or clinical outcome. Radiology. 208:1998;201-208.
20. Raptopoulos V., Boiselle P.M. Multi-detector row spiral CT pulmonary angiography: comparison with single-detector row spiral CT. Radiology. 221:2001;606-613.