NCT01558206

Ultrasonography of Chest Versus Pulmonary Artery CT Angiography in Patients With Symptoms and Signs in Favor of PTE

Bedside Ultrasonography of Chest Versus Pulmonary Artery CT Angiography in the Patients Who Came to Emergency Department of Alzahra General Hospital With Respiratory Symptoms and Signs in Favor of Pulmonary Thromboemboli.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 76 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In this study the investigators compare the diagnostic validity of Bedside Ultrasonography of chest and Pulmonary artery CT Angiography in the patients who came to Emergency Department of Alzahra General Hospital from 1 may 2012 to 1 October 2012 with respiratory symptoms and signs in favor of Pulmonary Thromboemboli (PTE).

Conditions

• Pulmonary Thromboembolism

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Pulmonary artery CT Angiography	Performing Pulmonary artery CT Angiography for patients with signs and symptoms in favor of PTE.
OTHER	Emergency Bedside Ultrasonography of chest	Performing Emergency Bedside Ultrasonography of chest at the time of presentation for patients with signs and symptoms in favor of PTE.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-03-01
• Primary completion: 2012-11-01
• Completion: 2012-12-01
• First posted: 2012-03-20
• Last updated: 2012-03-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Iran