Massive Pulmonary Emboli and CT Pulmonary Angiography

Abstract

Background: Massive pulmonary embolism (PE) is a devastating form of PE which usually results in acute right ventricular failure and death within 1–2 h. Objectives: To retrospectively assess pulmonary vascular, cardiac, pleural, and parenchymal findings on CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) in patients with a diagnosis of massive PE (systolic blood pressure 50% is commonly observed in massive PE. There was no association between CTPA findings and survival.