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J Am Soc Echocardiogr · Nov 2004
Right ventricular strain in pulmonary embolism by Doppler tissue echocardiography.
- Jesper Kjaergaard, Peter Sogaard, and Christian Hassager.
- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark. jekj@gentoftehosp.kbhamt.dk
- J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2004 Nov 1; 17 (11): 1210-2.
AbstractFor patients with submassive pulmonary embolism, failure of the right ventricle can often be visualized by 2-dimensional echocardiography. We used strain analysis to demonstrate changes in the regional right ventricular free wall performance during the acute and recovery stages of pulmonary embolism.
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