Research progress of CT evaluation of acute pulmonary embolism and right ventricular dysfunction / 中华全科医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Pulmonary embolism is one of the common cardiothoracic vascular emergencies, and its main fatal complication is right ventricular dysfunction. CT pulmonary angiography is the preferred imaging method for clinical diagnosis of pulmonary embolism.This article reviews the imaging characteristics and mechanism of pulmonary embolism and right heart dysfunction in CT pulmonary angiography, the current clinical application status and limitations of CT pulmonary angiography, and the progress of CT pulmonary angiography technology.