Echocardiography and Pulmonary Embolism
Authors: EDGAR A. COVARRUBIAS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1977)

Brief Reports1 December 1977Echocardiography and Pulmonary EmbolismEDGAR A. COVARRUBIAS, M.D., MAZHAR U. SHEIKH, M.D., LAY M. FOX, M.D., F.A.C.P.EDGAR A. COVARRUBIAS, M.D., MAZHAR U. SHEIKH, M.D., LAY M. FOX, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-87-6-720 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptEchocardiographic studies on pulmonary thromboembolic disease have not been reported. We document here echocardiographically an impending pulmonary embolism.A 55-year-old woman seen with unresponsiveness and hypotension had had a similar episode 2 weeks before admission. She was disoriented but had no respiratory distress. Blood pressure was 95/70 mm Hg, pulse 90/minute, oral temperature 38.3 °C, and respiratory rate 18/minute. Lungs were clear to percussion and auscultation. The first and second heart sounds were normal. 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