Table 3.
PE risk factors among 416 patients with confirmed PE.
| Confirmed PE |
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|---|---|---|
| PE category | n | % |
| Low-Risk | 78 | 18.8 |
| Intermediate-low | 141 | 33.9 |
| Intermediate-high | 146 | 35.1 |
| High | 51 | 12.3 |
| PE location | ||
| Saddle | 85 | 20.4 |
| Main pulmonary artery | 184 | 44.2 |
| Lobar pulmonary artery | 64 | 15.4 |
| Segmental pulmonary artery | 53 | 12.7 |
| Unknown | 30 | 7.2 |
| Extra-pulmonary thrombus | ||
| Intracardiac | 21 | 5.0 |
| PE Severity | ||
| Right heart strain on echocardiogram | 231 | 55.5 |
| Right heart strain on CT | 214 | 51.4 |
| Troponin ( > institutional cut-off) | 113 | 27.2 |
| NT-proBNP ( > institutional cut-off) | 153 | 36.8 |
| DVT present | 191 | 45.9 |
| Proximal to knee | 149 | 35.8 |
| Distal to knee | 40 | 9.6 |
| Upper extremity | 2 | 0.5 |
| Clinical severity | ||
| Endotracheally intubated | 52 | 12.5 |
| Admitted to ICU | 245 | 58.9 |