Diagnosis and Thrombolytic Management of Massive Intraoperative Pulmonary Embolism Guided by Point of Care Transthoracic Echocardiography

Perioperative pulmonary embolism can go undetected until the sudden onset of cardiopulmonary collapse. Point of care echocardiography in such setting can narrow the differential diagnosis of precipitous instability and facilitate tailored, rather than empiric, therapy in the event of a massive pulmo...

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Published in:Case Reports in Anesthesiology
Main Authors: Roman Dudaryk, Julio Benitez Lopez, Jack Louro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8709026