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The standard method to estimate PAPI is during right heart catheterization (RHC); however, echocardiography-based PAPI was also shown to be accurate. In the current study, we evaluated the ability of echocardiography-based PAPI to predict outcomes of patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE). Methods: A total of 177 patients (mean age 67 \u00b1 15, 54.1% male) with acute PE were included in the study. PAPI was calculated based on measurements from standard transthoracic echocardiography. Results: 27% of patients needed oxygen support, 5.6% were on mechanical ventilation, and 7.3% were on inotropic support. The 30-day mortality rate in the whole cohort was 8.3%. Lower PAPI measurements were associated with increased 30-day mortality (p &lt; 0.05), a higher rate of RV failure (p &lt; 0.001), and the need for inotropic support (p &lt; 0.05). There was no association between PAPI and the need for oxygen support (p = 0.59), mechanical ventilation (0.06), or length of stay (LOS) (p = 0.414). PAPI was superior to tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) in predicting mortality and RV failure. Conclusions: Echocardiography-derived PAPI is feasible and superior over TAPSE in predicting RV failure and mortality among patients with acute PE.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm14082685","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,15]],"date-time":"2025-04-15T03:59:06Z","timestamp":1744689546000},"page":"2685","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Echocardiography-Based Pulmonary Artery Pulsatility Index Correlates with Outcomes in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Gassan","family":"Moady","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya 2210001, Israel"},{"name":"Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed 2210001, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Loai","family":"Mobarki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya 2210001, Israel"},{"name":"Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed 2210001, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tsafrir","family":"Or","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya 2210001, Israel"},{"name":"Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed 2210001, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alexander","family":"Shturman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya 2210001, Israel"},{"name":"Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed 2210001, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5097-5100","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shaul","family":"Atar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya 2210001, Israel"},{"name":"Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed 2210001, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"32","DOI":"10.1002\/ejhf.1679","article-title":"Pulmonary artery pulsatility index: Physiological basis and clinical application","volume":"22","author":"Lim","year":"2020","journal-title":"Eur. 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