Pulmonary Hypertension, Hemoptysis and an Echocardiographic Finding of a Ventricular Septal Defect
In this case presentation, a patient who presented to the Emergency Department with hemoptysis and shortness of breath was found to have a ventricular septal defect and right ventricular strain on bedside ultrasound. This case leads to a discussion of Eisenmenger Syndrome, a potentially ominous deve...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2012-12-01
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Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://escholarship.org/uc/item/2gm8q7px |