A visualized pulmonary arterial thrombus by using a modified echocardiographic view in an intermediate-risk acute pulmonary embolism patient: A case report.

ABSTRACT: Acute pulmonary embolism (APE) is a life-threatening disease with nonspecific clinical signs and symptoms. Rapid and accurate diagnosis is crucial for the clinical management of patients with acute pulmonary embolism. A recommended echocardiography view may be of further help in the diagnosis and evaluation of the change in thrombosis and treatment. We reported a case of a 74-year-old man with a 12-day history of decreased exercise capacity and dyspnea. The patient was diagnosed with intermediate-risk APE as several pulmonary emboli in pulmonary artery were seen in multidetector computed tomographic pulmonary angiography with normal blood pressure and echocardiographic right ventricular overload. And we found a pulmonary artery clot in the right pulmonary artery through transthoracic echoc

SUBMITTER: Mu G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9295681 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature