Response to 'Detecting right ventricular dysfunction in patients diagnosed with low-risk pulmonary embolism: is routine computed tomographic pulmonary angiography sufficient?'

Stefano Barco¹, Stavros V Konstantinides^{1

2}, Mareike Lankeit^{1

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Langenbeckstrasse 1, Building 403, Mainz, Germany.
² Department of Cardiology, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
³ Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Augustenburgerplatz 1, Berlin, Germany.
⁴ Clinic of Cardiology and Pneumology, Heart Center, University Medical Center Goettingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, Goettingen, Germany.

Comment

Stefano Barco et al. Eur Heart J. 2019.

. 2019 Oct 21;40(40):3357-3358.

doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz656.

Stefano Barco¹, Stavros V Konstantinides^{1

2}, Mareike Lankeit^{1

3

4}

¹ Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Langenbeckstrasse 1, Building 403, Mainz, Germany.
² Department of Cardiology, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
³ Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Augustenburgerplatz 1, Berlin, Germany.
⁴ Clinic of Cardiology and Pneumology, Heart Center, University Medical Center Goettingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, Goettingen, Germany.

No abstract available

Comment on

Early discharge and home treatment of patients with low-risk pulmonary embolism with the oral factor Xa inhibitor rivaroxaban: an international multicentre single-arm clinical trial.
Barco S, Schmidtmann I, Ageno W, Bauersachs RM, Becattini C, Bernardi E, Beyer-Westendorf J, Bonacchini L, Brachmann J, Christ M, Czihal M, Duerschmied D, Empen K, Espinola-Klein C, Ficker JH, Fonseca C, Genth-Zotz S, Jiménez D, Harjola VP, Held M, Iogna Prat L, Lange TJ, Manolis A, Meyer A, Mustonen P, Rauch-Kroehnert U, Ruiz-Artacho P, Schellong S, Schwaiblmair M, Stahrenberg R, Westerweel PE, Wild PS, Konstantinides SV, Lankeit M; HoT-PE Investigators. Barco S, et al. Eur Heart J. 2020 Jan 21;41(4):509-518. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz367. Eur Heart J. 2020. PMID: 31120118 Clinical Trial.
Detecting right ventricular dysfunction in patients diagnosed with low-risk pulmonary embolism: is routine computed tomographic pulmonary angiography sufficient?
Vinson DR, Arasu VA, Trujillo-Santos J. Vinson DR, et al. Eur Heart J. 2019 Oct 21;40(40):3356. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz616. Eur Heart J. 2019. PMID: 31544929 No abstract available.