Pathophysiology of right ventricular failure in acute pulmonary embolism and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a pictorial essay for the interventional radiologist

Abstract Pulmonary embolus (PE) is the third most common cause of cardiovascular death with more than 600,000 cases occurring in the USA per year. About 45% of patients with acute PE will have acute right ventricular failure, and up to 3.8% of patients will develop chronic thromboembolic pulmonary h...

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Autores principales:	Yolanda C. Bryce, Rocio Perez-Johnston, Errol B. Bryce, Behrang Homayoon, Ernesto G. Santos-Martin
Formato:	Artigo
Lenguaje:	Inglês
Publicado:	SpringerOpen 2019-02-01
Colección:	Insights into Imaging
Materias:	Right ventricular failure Submassive pulmonary embolism Massive pulmonary embolism Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Acceso en línea:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13244-019-0695-9
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