Table 2

CT pulmonary angiography results of 76 patients with submassive (intermediate-risk) pulmonary emboli

Half-dose rt-PA
n=38 (%)
LMWH
n=38 (%)
P value
PACTOIR75 (12.5–100)75 (25–100)0.505
Right to left ventricular ratio1.2 (1.0–1.7)1.2 (0.9–2.0)0.888
Pleural effusion11 (29.7)5 (13.9)0.176
Hampton hump9 (24.3)3 (8.3)0.127
Mosaic attenuation13 (35.1)9 (25.0)0.491
  • LMWH, low molecular weight heparin; PACTOIR, pulmonary arterial CT obstruction index rate; rt-PA, tissue-type plasminogen activator.