Usefulness of right ventricular strain assessment in submassive pulmonary thromboembolism undergoing ultrasound-facilitated thrombolysis.
Echocardiography
; 36(8): 1581-1585, 2019 08.
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| ID: mdl-31393624
ABSTRACT
Massive and submassive pulmonary thromboembolism carry significant morbidity and mortality. We present an elderly female who was diagnosed with a submassive pulmonary embolism by computed tomographic angiography and treated with ultrasound-facilitated thrombolysis (UFT). This case demonstrates the usefulness of right ventricular longitudinal strain measurements by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in the evaluation of right ventricular function before and after UFT. Evaluation of right ventricle longitudinal strain by speckle tracking echocardiography may supplement other parameters in the assessment of right ventricular function in these patients.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Artéria Pulmonar
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Embolia Pulmonar
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Terapia Assistida por Computador
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Terapia Trombolítica
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Ultrassonografia
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Ativador de Plasminogênio Tecidual
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Echocardiography
Assunto da revista:
CARDIOLOGIA
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DIAGNOSTICO POR IMAGEM
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos