This study is an observational, prospective study examining the role point-of-care echocardiography of predicting short term adverse outcomes in emergency department patients with acute pulmonary embolism.
The primary objective is to assess the diagnostic performance of ultrasound-guided measures of right ventricular dilation (RVD) and strain in predicting clinical outcomes in acute PE.
The secondary objective is to investigate the utility of combining ultrasound-guided measures of RVD and the pulmonary embolism severity index (PESI) score in predicting adverse outcomes in acute PE.
Age >= 18 years of age
ED diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism with identification on CT imaging
Age <18 years of age
Inability to provide informed consent
Incarceration
Current PE previously diagnosed prior to index ED visit
WellSpan Health
Lead sponsor
Stony Brook University
Collaborator
University of California, Irvine
Collaborator