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Published in final edited form as: Am J Emerg Med. 2015 Jan 22;33(4):542–547. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.01.026

Table 3.

Patient outcomes with normal LVEF

	RVD (n = 38)	No RVD (n = 77)	P^a
Mortality	6 (16)	4 (5)	.117
Return visits	15 (39)	14 (18)	.013
Repeat CTPA	4 (10)	4 (5)	.290
Final diagnosis
COPD	8 (21)	8 (10)	.120
Asthma	1 (3)	3 (4)	.727
ILD	2 (5)	2 (3)	.463
Pneumonia	5 (13)	8 (10)	.659
CHF	7 (18)	12 (16)	.730
MI	1 (3)	1 (1)	.607
Sepsis	1 (3)	0 (0)	.152
Chest pain	3 (8)	14 (18)	.143
Pulmonary HTN	9 (24)	0 (0)	<.05
Other	10 (26)	37 (48)	.025

Data presented as number (percent). Other included dyspnea, valvular heart disease, syncope, acute bronchitis, pleural effusion, cancer, atrial dysrhythmias, anemia, hypertensive emergency, scleroderma, sleep apnea, renal failure, and pericarditis. Abbreviations: CHF= congestive heart failure; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CTPA, computed tomography pulmonary angiography; HTN, hypertension; ILD, interstitial lung disease; MI, myocardial infarction; RVD, RV dysfunction.

P values from unpaired t test or χ² test.