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Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Radiol. 2019 Apr 29;16(8):1064–1072. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2018.12.015

Table 3.

Gestalt-elevating risk factors documented in potentially avoidable CTPA encounters

Factor Type	Reason Seen	Count of Times Factor was Present^*
Hypercoagulability	Malignancy (last treatment >1 year prior)	6
	Thrombophilia	3
	Rheumatologic disease	2
	Pregnancy or postpartum state	1
	Exogenous estrogen	1
	Cocaine use	1
	Dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease	1
	Family history of PE	1
Hemodynamic Changes	Travel ≥ 4 hours	7
Provider-acknowledged Gestalt-elevating Factors	Patient history of non-VTE thrombosis	2
Provider-acknowledged Gestalt-elevating Factors	Patent foramen ovale	1

These categories were not mutually exclusive; there are 18 encounters represented in the 26 factors listed above due to patients presenting with two or more factors at once