Validation of Echocardiographic Measurements in Patients with Pulmonary Embolism in the RIETE Registry

Abstract

Background In acute pulmonary embolism (PE), echocardiographic identification of right ventricular (RV) dysfunction will inform prognostication and clinical decision-making. Registro Informatizado Enfermedad TromboEmbolica (RIETE) is the world's largest registry of patients with objectively confirmed PE. The reliability of site-reported RV echocardiographic measurements is unknown. We aimed to validate site-reported key RV echocardiographic measurements in the RIETE registry.

Keywords

• echocardiography
• right ventricular function
• validity
• pulmonary circulation
• reliability