Authors: David Jiménez José Luis Lobo Manuel Monreal Remedios Otero Roger D Yusen
Publish Date: 2012/03/20
Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 187-192
Abstract
The PROTECT study is designed to assess the prognostic significance of multidetector computed tomography MDCT findings in normotensive outpatients with pulmonary embolism PE MDCT assesses right ventricular dysfunction RVD by measuring the ratio of the righttoleft ventricular short axis diameters The study uses 30day allcause mortality as the primary outcome The study determined inter and intraobserver reproducibility of CT findings of RVD According to the local radiologists’ measurements 44 of patients 42/96 showed RVD defined as a ratio of the RV to the LV short axis greater than 09 The intraclass correlation was good 0773 CI 95 0678–0842 For interobserver reproducibility the weighted kappa measurement was 0730 Intraobserver reproducibility was very good 0932 95 CI 0880–0962 The PROTECT study is designed to show the prognostic significance of MDCT for PE Inter and intraobserver agreement of interpretation of RVD were goodConsolación Rodríguez Jorge Vivancos Jesús Marín Bormujos Mikel Oribe Aitor Ballaz Jose María Abaitúa Sonia Velasco Galdakao Manuel Barrón María Lladó Carmen Rodrigo Luis Javier Alonso Logroño Ramón Rabuñal Olalla Castro Concepción Iglesias Ana Testa Lugo David Jiménez Vicente Gómez Luis Gorospe Sem Briongos José Manuel del Rey Madrid Celso Álvarez Nuria Rodríguez Amador Prieto María Martín Oviedo Carmen Navarro Mónica López Eva Castañer Eva Guillaumet Sabadell Remedios Otero Teresa Elías Pilar Serrano Francisco López Sevilla Reina Valle María Victoria Piret Pilar Lucio José María Cuesta Sierrallana Dolores Nauffal Marta Ballester José Pamies Ana Osa Valencia José Luis Lobo Vanesa Zorrilla Delfina Pozo Ángel Alonso Vitoria Francisco Conget Miguel Ángel Santolaria Mariano González José Luis de Benito Zaragoza
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