A case of saddle pulmonary embolus visualized on a transthoracic echocardiography in a 69-year-old female

A 69-year-old female with history of immobilization presented with shortness of breath and generalized weakness and was found to have large saddle pulmonary embolus on CT scan. Further evaluation with a transthoracic echocardiography revealed a moderately enlarged and hypokinetic right ventricle wit...

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Autores principales: Poudel, Dilli Ram, Giri, Smith, Pathak, Ranjan, Hwang, Inyong, Alsafwah, Shadwan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2016
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Imaging Column
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4849235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27124169
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v6.31058
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Sumario:A 69-year-old female with history of immobilization presented with shortness of breath and generalized weakness and was found to have large saddle pulmonary embolus on CT scan. Further evaluation with a transthoracic echocardiography revealed a moderately enlarged and hypokinetic right ventricle with a pulmonary artery clot of about 1.5 cm seen at the bifurcation while the ultrasound of the legs was negative for deep vein thrombosis.

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