A visualized pulmonary arterial thrombus by using a new
echocardiographic view in an intermediate-risk acute pulmonary embolism
patient: a case report
Abstract
Acute pulmonary embolism (APE) is a life-threatening disease. Rapid and
accurate diagnosis is crucial for the clinical management.We report a
case of a 74-year-old man diagnosed intermediate-risk APE as several
pulmonary emboli in pulmonary artery were seen in multidetector computed
tomographic pulmonary angiography with normal blood pressure and
echocardiographic right ventricular overload. And we found a pulmonary
artery clot in the right pulmonary artery through transthoracic
echocardiography by using a new view. The view could provide correct
diagnoses by identifying the clot size and location visually. Knowledge
of the echocardiography results of APE would aid the diagnosis.