Right-to-left Ventricular Diameter Ratio At Computed Tomographic Pulmonary Angiography in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Purpose: Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction in acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a critical determinant of outcome. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common comorbidity of PE and might also affect RV function. Therefore, we sought to investigate RV dysfunction in PE patients in proportion to the sev...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Clinical Medicine Insights: Circulatory, Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1179548420976430 |