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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 1.
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
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