Relationship between right ventricular dilatation and blood copeptin levels in patients with acute pulmonary embolism

Purpose In this study, we aimed to investigate the importance of copeptin in the diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism, detection of right ventricular dilatation and clinical severity and prognosis of pulmonary embolism. Materials and Methods In the study three groups were created; Group 1: Pulmonary embolism patients with right ventricular dilatation in echocardiography, Group 2: Pulmonary embolism patients without right ventricular dilatation in echocardiography, Group 3: Healthy people. Five mL of venous blood was collected for the measurement of serum copeptin from the patients and control group. D‐dimer and troponin were studied with routine blood samples. Complaints, symptom and physical examination findings, tomography and echocardiography results, laboratory results of patients and treatments they received were recorded for the statistical analysis. Results Copeptin levels of acute pulmonary embolism patients were significantly higher than healthy individuals (P