Table 1 Study characteristics
Author (Journal) | Year | Study design | Patients number | Diagnostic nodality | RVD Definition | Follow-up | RVD (+) | RVD (-) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Death | Total | Death | Total | ||||||||
1 | Grifoni et al. [7] (Circulation) | 2000 | Prospective | 162 | CT, V/Q scan or pulmonary angiography | RVEDD>30mm, RV/LV>1, PSWM, or PH | In-hospital mortality | 4 | 65 | 3 | 97 |
2 | Yalamanchili et al. [8] (Am J Cardiol) | 2004 | Retrospective | 91 | CT | RVEDD>30mm, or RVHK and PSWM | In-hospital mortality | 4 | 25 | 8 | 66 |
3 | Kucher et al. [9] (Arch Intern Med) | 2005 | Retrospective | 1035 | Necropsy, V/Q scan, pulmonary angiography or high suspicion in the setting of DVT | RVHK | 30-day mortality | 65 | 405 | 59 | 630 |
4 | Sukhija et al. [10] (Am J Cardiol) | 2005 | Retrospective | 190 | CT | Right ventricular dilatation (RV>LV, or RV>4.5cm) | In-hospital mortality | 21 | 64 | 6 | 126 |
5 | Grifoni et al. [11] (Arch Intern Med) | 2006 | Prospective | 301 | CT, V/Q scan or pulmonary angiography | RVEDD>30mm, RV/LV>1, PSWM, or PH | In-hospital mortality | 24 | 146 | 21 | 155 |
6 | Pieralli et al. [12] (Am J Cardiol) | 2006 | Prospective | 61 | CT or pulmonary angiography | RVEDD>30mm, RV/LV>1, RVHK, PSWM, or PH | In-hospital mortality | 4 | 35 | 0 | 26 |
7 | Jimenez et al. [13] (Arch Bronchoneumol) | 2007 | Prospective | 214 | CT or V/Q scan | RVEDD>30mm, RV>LV, or RVHK | 30-day mortality | 4 | 86 | 3 | 128 |
8 | Logeart et al. [14] (Intensive Care Med) | 2007 | Prospective | 67 | CT or V/Q scan | Two or more of RV/LV>0.7, RVHK, IVC>10mm during inspiration, IVC bulging, TRV>2.7m/s | In-hospital mortality | 1 | 36 | 0 | 31 |
9 | Palmieri et al. [15] (Intern Emerg Med) | 2008 | Prospective | 89 | CT | RV/LV>0.9, PSWM, or depressed RV systolic function | In-hospital mortality | 8 | 48 | 4 | 41 |
10 | Gallotta et al. [16] (Int J Cardio) | 2008 | Prospective | 90 | CT | PSWM, RV diameter>15mm/m2, or low RV systolic function | In-hospital mortality | 10 | 65 | 2 | 25 |
11 | Stein et al. [17] (Am J Cardio) | 2011 | Retrospective | 392 | CT or V/Q scan | Quantitative in 325 patients, or RV/LV>1 in 67 patients | In-hospital mortality | 4 | 264 | 8 | 128 |
12 | Jimenez et al. [18] (Thorax) | 2011 | Retrospective | 591 | CT, V/Q scan or high suspicion in the setting of DVT | RVEDD>30mm, RV>LV, RVHK, or TRV>2.6m/s | 30-day mortality | 14 | 120 | 24 | 471 |