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Lead
Ministry of Health, Spain
With
American College of Chest Physicians
Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Confirmation of COPD according to SEPAR-ALT criteria: post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)/forced vital capacity (FVC) \< 0.7;
Hospital admission because COPD exacerbation without initial clinical suspicion of PE in the Emergency Department (according by the Emergency Department physician evaluation).
You may not be if
Contraindication to multidetector computed tomographic angiography (allergy to intravenous contrast medium, or renal failure defined as a creatinine clearance less than 30 mL/min, according to the Cockcroft-Gault formula)
Informed consent denied
Pregnancy
Life expectancy less than 3 months
Anticoagulant therapy at the time of hospital admission
Diagnosis of pneumothorax, or pneumonia (fever, and purulent sputum, and new infiltrate in chest X-ray)
