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The diagnosis of right heart thrombus by focused cardiac ultrasound in a critically ill patient in compensated shock

Right heart thrombus (RHT) is a life-threatening diagnosis that is rarely made in the emergency department (ED), but with the increasing use of focused cardiac ultrasound (FocUS), more of these cases may be identified in a timely fashion. We present a case of an ill-appearing patient who had an imme...

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Autores principales: Jammal, Mansour, Milano, Peter, Cardenas, Renzo, Mailhot, Thomas, Mandavia, Diku, Perera, Phillips
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Milan 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4437995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25995832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13089-015-0023-7