Utility of TAPSE/sPAP Ratio in Acute Pulmonary Embolism as Valuable Prognostic Marker as PESI Score

Abstract

Introduction: The pulmonary embolism severity index (PESI) score is used to determine the risk of mortality and severity of complications in acute pulmonary embolism (APE). Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion/systolic pulmonary arterial pressure (TAPSE/sPAP) ratio has been recently shown to predict poor 30-day clinical outcome in APE. We aimed to analyze the prognostic value of the TAPSE/sPAP ratio for prediction of 30-day adverse clinical outcomes in APE patients, similar to PESI score. Patients and Methods: This study enrolled 203 retrospectively evaluated patients (female 108, mean age= 57.4 ± 15.5 years) with the diagnosis of APE between 2010 and 2020. All patients underwent transthoracic echocardiography before specific APE treatment. Primary endpoints were 30-day mortality, thrombolytic therapy requirement, mechanical ventilation requirement, mental status deterioration, and persistent hypotension (systolic blood pressure 0.494). Results: The incidence of in-hospital mortality (4.4 vs. 0%, p= 0.045], 30-day mortality [n= 8 (7.0%); 0 (0%), p= 0.009] and primary adverse outcomes (35.1 vs. 0%, p< 0.001) were higher in group 1. The TAPSE/sPAP ratio was negatively correlated with PESI (r= -0.716, p< 0.001). In multivariate logistic regression analyses revealed that the TAPSE/sPAP ratio [OR= 0.001, 95C% CI= 0.000-0.476, p= 0.028] was an independent predictor of 30-day mortality in APE. Conclusion: The present study showed that the TAPSE/sPAP ratio may be used in clinical practice for the prediction of short-term adverse outcome risk estimation in APE patients, similar to PESI score.

Keywords

• Acute pulmonary embolism
• echocardiography
• hypotension
• death
• single center

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