Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) predicts poor outcome in patients undergoing acute pulmonary embolectomy

INTRODUCTION: Right ventricular failure remains a major cause of mortality during acute pulmonary embolism. Right ventricular function can be assessed with transesophageal echocardiography. However, due to the complex right ventricular anatomy, only a few echocardiographic parameters are reliable an...

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Published in:Heart Lung Vessel
Main Authors: Schmid, Eckhard, Hilberath, Jan N, Blumenstock, Gunnar, Shekar, Prem S, Kling, Steffen, Shernan, Stanton K, Rosenberger, Peter, Nowak-Machen, Martina
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: EDIMES Edizioni Internazionali Srl 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4476769/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26157741
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