Pathophysiology of right ventricular failure in acute pulmonary embolism and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a pictorial essay for the interventional radiologist

Pulmonary embolus (PE) is the third most common cause of cardiovascular death with more than 600,000 cases occurring in the USA per year. About 45% of patients with acute PE will have acute right ventricular failure, and up to 3.8% of patients will develop chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertensi...

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Autores principales: Bryce, Yolanda C., Perez-Johnston, Rocio, Bryce, Errol B., Homayoon, Behrang, Santos-Martin, Ernesto G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019
Materias:
Pictorial Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6375098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30758687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13244-019-0695-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6375098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30758687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13244-019-0695-9

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