Anthony J Weekes, Jaron D Raper, Alyssa M Thomas, Kathryn Lupez, Carly A Cox, Dasia Esener, Jeremy S Boyd, Jason T Nomura, Jillian Davison, Patrick M Ockerse, Stephen Leech, Eric Abrams, Christopher Kelly, Nathaniel S O'Connell
OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine associations of early electrocardiogram (ECG) patterns with clinical deterioration (CD) within 5 days and with RV abnormality (abnlRV) by echocardiography in pulmonary embolism (PE). METHODS: In this prospective, multicenter study of newly confirmed PE patients, early echocardiography and initial ECG were examined. Initial ECG patterns included lead-specific ST-segment elevation (STE) or depression (STD), T-wave inversion (TWI), supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), sinus tachycardia, and right bundle branch block as complete (cRBBB) or incomplete (iRBBB)...
October 2022: Academic Emergency Medicine