Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion (TAPSE) in a Patient with Pulmonary Emboli

Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion (TAPSE) in a Patient with Pulmonary Emboli

History of present illness: A 60-year-old male with a history of pulmonary emboli (PE) presented to the emergency department with exertional shortness of breath following a ten-hour flight. The patient admitted to recently stopping his previously prescribed rivaroxaban. His electrocardiogram (ECG)...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nicole Zawada, Ethan Kunstadt, Maili Alvarado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Pulmonary embolism
ultrasound
TAPSE
POCUS
right ventricular dysfunction
right heart strain
IVC
thrombus
Online Access:http://jetem.org/tapse/

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