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

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01558206

Enrollment

Registered

2012-03-20

Start date

2012-03-31

Completion date

2012-12-31

Last updated

2012-03-20

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Conditions

Pulmonary Thromboembolism

Keywords

PTE, Emergency bedside ultrasonography, pulmonary CT Angiography, Pulmonary Wedge infarction, Pulmonary Thromboembolism

Brief 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).

Interventions

OTHERPulmonary artery CT Angiography

Performing Pulmonary artery CT Angiography for patients with signs and symptoms in favor of PTE.

OTHEREmergency 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.

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with signs or symptoms in favor of PTE who come to Emergency department of Alzahra General Hospital.

Exclusion criteria

* previous history of Allergy to IV contrast * Serum creatinin more than 1.8 * patients that will not agree to participate in the study. * pregnancy * Body weight more than 120 kg

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Emergency Ultrasonography findings in patients with signs and symptoms in favor of PTE.	Within 1 hour of admission	Comparing the Emergency Bedside Ultrasonography findings in PTE with pulmonary CT Angiography findings.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Pulmonary CT Angiography findings in patients with signs and symptoms in favor of PTE.	Within 24 hours of admission

Countries

Iran

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026