Table 1.

Individual Clinical Data, CTPA, and EIT Examination of the 11 Patients with PE

Pts No.	Weight (kg)	Primary Diagnosis	Clinical Presentation	PaO2/FiO2 (mm Hg)	Origin of Embolism	Diagnosis of PE	Outcome
1	69	Right atrium tumor	Acute cardiac shock and hypoxemia during operation	50	Right atrium	Ultrasound: acute cor pulmonale was diagnosed, and acute lung edema/pneumothorax/atelectasis were excluded. CTPA: N/A	Dead
2	70	Right atrial thrombus, anticardiolipin antibody syndrome	Acute hypoxemia	80	Right atrium	CTPA: embolism in both left and right main pulmonary arteries and branches	Dead
3	85	Lung cancer	Acute dyspnea after out-of-bed physical activities during postoperative period	207	DVT	CTPA: embolism in both left and right pulmonary artery branches	Alive
4	65	Chronic pulmonary embolism	Sudden hypoxemia	120	Unknown	CTPA: multiple embolisms and worse in lower right lobe	Alive
5	80	Chronic portal mesentery and vein thrombosis	Hypoxemia after vascular bypass operation	141	Unknown	CTPA: embolism in pulmonary artery of left superior lobe lingual segment	Alive
6	75	Suspected cancer and lung interstitial disease	Refractory hypoxemia	134	Unknown	CTPA: embolism in both left and right pulmonary branches and worse in left lung	Dead
7	50	Pelvic malignant neoplasm	Acute dyspnea after out-of-bed physical activities during postoperative period	272	DVT	CTPA: embolism in both left and right pulmonary branches	Alive
8	68	Thymoma	Acute dyspnea and sudden cardiac arrest after out-of-bed physical activities during postoperative period	86	DVT	CTPA: embolism in both left and right main pulmonary artery branches	Alive
9	72	Left lung cancer	Sudden dyspnea after out-of-bed physical activities during postoperative period	206	Unknown	CTPA: embolism in right pulmonary artery branches	Alive
10	80	Postoperative coronary bypass surgery	Acute dyspnea after out-of-bed physical activities during postoperative period	210	DVT	CTPA: embolism in right pulmonary artery branches	Alive
11	83	Tumor of right atrium	Hypoxemia after operation	171	Right atrium	CTPA: embolism in right and left pulmonary artery branches	Alive

Definition of abbreviations: CTPA = computed tomographic pulmonary angiography; DVT = deep vein thrombosis; EIT = electrical impedance tomography; PE = pulmonary embolism; Pts = patients; N/A = not available.