A case of saddle pulmonary embolus visualized on a transthoracic echocardiography in a 69-year-old female

• Main Authors: Dilli Ram Poudel (Author), Smith Giri (Author), Ranjan Pathak (Author), Inyong Hwang (Author), Shadwan Alsafwah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A 69-year-old female with history of immobilization presented with shortness of breath and generalized weakness and was found to have large saddle pulmonary embolus on CT scan. Further evaluation with a transthoracic echocardiography revealed a moderately enlarged and hypokinetic right ventricle wit...