Description:
The aim of the present study was to analyze possible relationships between pulmonaryvessel obstruction and clinically relevant parameters and scores in patients with pulmonary embolism(PE). Overall, 246 patients (48.8% women and 51.2% men) with a mean age of 64.017.1 years wereinvolved in the retrospective study. The following clinical scores were calculated in the patients:Wells score, Geneva score, and pulmonary embolism severity index (PESI) score. Levels of D-dimer(g/mL), lactate, pH, troponin, and N-terminal natriuretic peptide (BNP, pg/mL) were acquired.Thrombotic obstruction of the pulmonary arteries was quantified according to Mastora score. The datacollected were evaluated by means of descriptive statistics. Spearman’s correlation coeffcient wasused to analyze associations between the investigated parameters. P values < 0.05 were takento indicate statistical significance. Mastora score correlated weakly with lactate level and tendedto correlate with D-dimer and BNP levels. No other clinical or serological parameters correlatedsignificantly with clot burden. Thrombotic obstruction of pulmonary vessels did not correlate withclinical severity of PE.