Assessment of pulmonary embolism severity index, D-dimer, cardiac biomarkers and multi detector computed tomography findings in patient with pulmonary thromboembolism

PTE should be evaluated with its clinical, radiological and laboratory findings in order to diagnose. Our aim was to determine the relationship between PESI, cardiac biomarkers and CT findings. 75 cases were diagnosed as acute PTE between September 2009-December 2010. Cases were grouped as nonmassive (group 1: 35), submassive (group 2: 27), massive (group 3: 13) PTE. Three groups were compared in term of PESI, cardiac biomarkers, CT findings (RV/LV ratio-pulmonary vascular obstruction score (PVOS)) Mean age was 58,8 (29-94). PESI (mean±SD) was 78,17±27,66 in group 1, 102,7±34,4 in group 2, 139,9±36,25 in group 3 (p