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Revista Medica Herediana

Print version ISSN 1018-130XOn-line version ISSN 1729-214X

Abstract

ROMAN MEZA, Alexander  and  ALFARO FERNANDEZ, Paul. Utility of pulmonary angiography by spiral CT scan in an emergency room of a national hospital of EsSalud. Rev Med Hered [online]. 2019, vol.30, n.1, pp.27-32. ISSN 1018-130X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.20453/rmh.v30i1.3469.

Objective: To determine the utility of pulmonary angiography by spiral CT scan in an emergency room of a national hospital of EsSalud. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried-out among 77 patients who attended the emergency room in whom a pulmonary angiography by CT scan was performed. Data were collected using a pre designed form. Results: 64.9% were elder; 63.6% were males and only 31.2% had a presumptive diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. Only 29.9% had pathological findings, 65.2% had pulmonary embolism, the remaining had pulmonary hypertension. Among those with specific diagnostic presumptions 50% of the exams were normal, while 79.2% had normal findings among those with non-specific presumptive diagnosis (p=0.019 with corrected Chi-square test and p=0.014 with Fischer´s exact test). Conclusions: Pulmonary angiography by spiral CT scan allows to get pathological findings in patients with presumptive diagnosis.

Keywords : Angiography by computed tomography; Computed Tomography; Pulmonary Artery.

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