D-Sign in a lady with Massive PE - The LV should always be round like a doughnut (“O”-shaped). When ↑ pulmonary pressures overwhelm the RV, the septum gives way and flattens out. LV takes shape of a Capital “D" ! - Sam Ghali @EM_RESUS
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Dr. Priyanka Teckchandani @DrTeck · 6 years ago
GrepMed Pulmonary and Critical Care Editor - Academic Hospitalist UC Davis Medical Center Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellow UC Irvine ‘22
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