Acute Pulmonary Embolism:

"D" sign:
In a physiologically normal heart, LV pressure > RV pressure. When viewing heart in a parasternal short axis during systole the LV maintains a circular appearance, bowing the intraventricular septum into the right ventricle. A D-shaped left ventricle or flattening of the interventricular septum with a D-shaped configuration is a feature described with significant RV overload / right heart strain such as that occurring with complications of a sizable pulmonary embolic event. 
McConnell's sign:
An echocardiographic finding of segmental right ventricular wall‐motion abnormality with apical sparing, is highly specific in acute pulmonary embolism and may guide rapid intervention when other testing is not feasible.

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Satyendra Dhar, MD @DharSaty · 5 months ago
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