This is a parasternal short axis view in a patient with extensive pulmonary emboli on CTA. The troponin was mildly elevated and patient hemodynamically stable. A bedside echo revealed evidence of RV strain (note the “D” shaped left ventricle). Image courtesy of: Therese Mead, DO, Emergency Physician
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Dr. Priyanka Teckchandani @DrTeck · 7 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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