Table 2 Criteria for diagnosis of VTED, DVT or PTE
Criteria for diagnosis | |
|---|---|
VTED | DVT and/or PTE |
DVT | Confirmed with a Doppler ultrasound or angiography of the veins of the lower and/or upper limbs. |
PTE | Positive 64-slice computed tomography (CT) angiogram (with a filling defect in the main pulmonary artery, lobar, segmental, or subsegmental branches), a high- or intermediate-probability ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy (associated with high clinical probability), and/or pulmonary angiography with evidence of a thrombus in the pulmonary artery or in the lower pulmonary arterial branch. |