Association Between Electrocardiographic Findings, Right Heart Strain, and Short‐Term Adverse Clinical Events in Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism

ConclusionsA simple ECG (TwiST) score can identify patients likely or not likely to have RHS with >80% specificity and sensitivity and may assist in identifying patients with acute PE at risk for adverse clinical events before pursuing other advanced imaging tests.

Source: Clinical Cardiology - March 1, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Praveen Hariharan, David M. Dudzinski, Ikenna Okechukwu, James Kimo Takayesu, Yuchiao Chang, Christopher Kabrhel Tags: Clinical Investigations Source Type: research