Development of massive pulmonary embolism during echocardiographic imaging A case report

GÜNTEKİN Ü., DOĞAN U., Goldag O. G., Kandemir Y. B., Tosun V.

MEDICINE, cilt.97, sa.15, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 97 Sayı: 15
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1097/md.0000000000010365
  • Dergi Adı: MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: acute pulmonary embolism, fibrinolytic therapy, transthoracic echocardiography
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Rationale: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common diagnostic consideration for patients who present to the emergency department (ED) with chest pain, dyspnea, or both. In addition, PE has a very high mortality in patients who are hemodynamically unstable. An electrocardiography, bedside transthoracic echocardiogram, and computed tomography pulmonary angiogram are usually performed to confirm the diagnosis.