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Diagnosis of Proximal Pulmonary Embolism by Transthoracic Echocardiography
- Source :
- Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 21:1079.e1-1079.e3
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2008.
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Abstract
- To date, few cases giving detailed visual descriptions of a thrombus in the pulmonary arteries or its branches in transthoracic echocardiography have been reported. We report the case of a 67-year-old man who was admitted to a hospital emergency department with a thrombus in the right pulmonary artery diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography. The specificity of echocardiography in pulmonary embolism varies between 80% and 90% according to the series. The direct visualization of a thrombus is sometimes possible, permitting a faster diagnosis in patients with compromised hemodynamic status.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Hemodynamics
Emergency department
Pulmonary Artery
Image Enhancement
medicine.disease
Right pulmonary artery
Pulmonary embolism
Echocardiography
Internal medicine
Cardiology
Humans
Medicine
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
In patient
cardiovascular diseases
Radiology
Thrombus
Pulmonary Embolism
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
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- ISSN :
- 08947317
- Volume :
- 21
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5c19f9d175ea129e2c78960298e17e4e