Open AccessRight ventricular thrombus and pulmonary emboli in a patient with emphysema: An echocardiographic and doppler documentation
Author(s) -
Gur H.,
Levo Y.,
Keren G.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960101117
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , pulmonary embolism , thrombus , radiology , doppler effect , documentation , doppler echocardiography , blood pressure , physics , astronomy , computer science , diastole , programming language
Pulmonary hypertension is a known complication of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A worsening dyspnea in a patient with COPD is usually a sequela of the pulmonary disease. However, it may be due to pulmonary embolism, a complication which is difficult to diagnose in such patients. We present a patient with COPD in whom two‐dimensional and Doppler echocardiography confirmed the diagnosis of pulmonary emboli by documenting right ventricular thrombus and pulmonary hypertension. This case report emphasizes the usefulness of these noninvasive cardiac imaging techniques in the detection and evaluation of pulmonary embolism in patients with COPD.