TABLE 2.

Meta-analyses on the role of RVD or individual findings at echocardiography in predicting all-cause death in all-comers with acute pulmonary embolism

Parameter at echocardiography	Studies/patients n	Risk ratio (95% CI)
RVD	24/8121	1.49 (1.24–1.79)
RV diameter	5/944	0.58# (0.05–1.21)
RV/LV	12/4019	1.61 (1.09–2.39)
TAPSE	11/4095	2.29 (1.45–3.59)
Hypokinesis¶	6/17 510	1.60 (1.14–2.25)

RVD: right ventricular dysfunction as comprehensive definition; CI: confidence interval; RV/LV ratio: right ventricle/left ventricle diameter ratio; TAPSE: tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion. ^#: standardised mean difference. ^¶: the outcome of this analysis is short-term adverse outcome.