| Abstrakt: |
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) includes deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), with the acute РE being the most serious clinical manifestation of VTE. It is the third most frequent cardiovascular disease with a total annual incidence of 100-200 per 100,000 people, and may be lethal in the acute phase, or lead to chronic disease and disability, but may also be treatable in case of timely and accurate diagnosis. Often, pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) is not diagnosed in time and therefore may be considered as a potentially fatal disease. If untreated, the mortality can range from 10% to 30%, but in case of timely diagnosis and proper treatment it can be reduced to 2-8%. In patients with moderate and high clinical probability and a positive D-dimer diagnostic for confirmation of the diagnosis, it is necessary to conduct direct demonstration tests, such as pulmonary scintigraphy, computer tomographic pulmonogiography. With the introduction of new hybrid technologies such as single photon emission computed tomography-computed tomography (SPECT/CT), the accuracy of diagnosis increases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
