Intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism: echocardiography predictors of clinical deterioration

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    Although TTE can qualitatively and quantitatively assess RV size and systolic function, there is no consensus on which of many different TTE metrics define the standard for establishing the presence of clinically impactful RV abnormality. Physicians using different risk stratification models for determining abnlRV may arrive at different disposition decisions, clinical management considerations, and intervention decisions on any given PE patient. A report from a large multinational registry shows that TTE findings of RV hypokinesis, enlarged right atrium, and intracardiac thrombus (rare) were associated with increased risk for 30-day mortality, but RV size . . .

     

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