Diagnostic Values Of The Wells And Revised Geneva Scores Combined With D-Dimer For Acute Pulmonary Embolism In Elderly

Volume 27, Number 2 (2017)

Aurelija Daškevičiūtė, Aurelija Navickaitė, Rokas Šerpytis, Pranas Šerpytis Abstract Introduction. Diagnostics of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) in elderly patients may be difficult because of the coexistent cardiopulmonary conditions and age unfavorable influence on the characteristics of diagnostic tests for PE. Aim of the study. To compare the diagnostic values of the Wells score, the revised…

The Role of Cmr Imaging for the Differential Diagnosis of Right-Sided Intracardiac Masses: a Case Report

Volume 24, Number 4 (95) (2014)

Nomeda Valevičienė, Žaneta Petrulionienė, Laura Keinaitė, Marius Urbonas Abstract Materials and methods: intracardiac masses are describedas abnormal structures inside the heart orimmediately concerned to the heart [1] and can beclassified as a cardiac tumor, metastasis, ,,thrombusin situ”/,,embolus in transit”, vegetation or iatrogenicmaterial [2, 3]. The precise diagnosis is essentialdue to the necessity of the expedient…