[Diagnosis and functional assessment of pulmonary thromboembolism]

The authors discuss the problems of diagnostics and functional assessment of pulmonary thrombo-embolia. The potentialities of the clinical indices, electrocardiography, X-ray, blood-gas analysis, capnography, right cardiac catheterization and angiopulmography in the diagnostics and assessment of the form of thrombo-embolia of pulmonary artery were revealed in 54 patients with cardiac and pulmonary form of thrombo-embolia. The stage potentialities in that respect of the various health institutions are outlined and the necessity of evacuation of the patients where they would be best attended is stressed upon.