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Right Ventricular Assessment by Tissue-Doppler Echocardiography in Acute Pulmonary Embolism

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2013

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Ana Clara Tude Rodrigues, Adriana Cordovil, Claudia Monaco, Laise Guimarães, Alexandre Ferreira Cury, Gustavo Naccarato, Edgar Lira‐Filho, Cláudio Henrique Fischer, Marcelo Luiz Campos Vieira, Samira Saady Morhy
Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Abstract

In PTE, RV dysfunction on echocardiography is accompanied by BNP elevation; although tissue-Doppler imaging adequately confirms the presence of RV dysfunction, it has a limited sensitivity for this diagnosis.

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