Pulmonary Embolisms are Assocaited with Echocardiographic Evidence of right Ventricular Strain

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Nazim ud din Azam
Muhammad Hafizullah

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Delays in the diagnosis and treatemnt of pulmonary embolism can prove fatal. Readily available noninvasive technique would be quite useful in the early diagnosis of this potentially lethal condition. Pulmonary embolisms are asscoaited with evidence of right ventricular pressure overload on echocardiogram. Correlation was found between pulmonary embolism and combination of raised pulmonary artery pressures, right ventricular dilatation and hypocontractile right ventricle on echocardiogram. Echocardiogram is an important noninvasive tool in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism.

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Azam N ud din, Hafizullah M. Pulmonary Embolisms are Assocaited with Echocardiographic Evidence of right Ventricular Strain. J Postgrad Med Inst [Internet]. 2011 Sep. 21 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];15(2). Available from: https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/733
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