Serial Point-of-care Echocardiography Performed by an Emergency Physician to Guide Thrombolytic Management of Massive Pulmonary Embolism

Massive pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening condition with a high mortality burden. The rapid diagnosis of PE can be supported with focused cardiac ultrasound (FOCUS) by identifying signs of right ventricular dysfunction (RVD). This case report describes a patient with hemodynamically unst...

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Autores principales: Au, Annie, Hsu, Patrick, McClure, Matthew, Cabrera, Gabriel, Kalivoda, Eric J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7243659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32461847
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7771

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7243659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32461847
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7771

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