Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 7 , Pages 1057-1062 , July 2010

Right ventricular dilation on CT pulmonary angiogram independently predicts mortality in pulmonary embolism

  • Aran Singanayagam

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    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 7810423273; fax: +44 1312421870.
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  • James D. Chalmers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK
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  • Caroline Scally

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee DD19SY, UK
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  • Ahsan R. Akram

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK
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  • Mudher Z. Al-Khairalla

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee DD19SY, UK
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  • Leah Leitch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee DD19SY, UK
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  • Louise E. Hill

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, St. John's Hospital, Livingston EH54 6PP, UK
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  • Adam T. Hill

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK

Received 19 June 2009 ,Accepted 4 February 2010.

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PII: S0954-6111(10)00055-7

doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.02.004

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 7 , Pages 1057-1062 , July 2010

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