What's next after the clot? Residual pulmonary vascular obstruction after pulmonary embolism: From imaging finding to clinical consequences

Surviving an embolism exposes patients to potential long-term complications, such as altered quality of life, persistent dyspnea, impaired exercise capacity or pulmonary hypertension. The common objective factor in most of these situations is the presence of residual pulmonary vascular obstruction (RPVO). Planar ventilation/perfusion scintigraphy (V/Q lung scan) is the gold standard for assessing RPVO, which occurs in 46 to 66% of patients at 3  months and persists in 25 to 29% of patients a year after acute PE.
Source: Thrombosis Research - Category: Hematology Authors: Tags: Review Article Source Type: research