Key result
Right ventricular longitudinal strain measurement by speckle tracking echocardiography was useful in evaluating right ventricular function before and after ultrasound-facilitated thrombolysis.
Why the study?
Massive and submassive pulmonary thromboembolism carry significant morbidity and mortality, prompting evaluation of right ventricular longitudinal strain measurements to assess right ventricular function.
Does right ventricular longitudinal strain measurement by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography help evaluate right ventricular function before and after ultrasound-facilitated thrombolysis in submassive pulmonary embolism?
Case Report (n=1)
Does right ventricular longitudinal strain measurement by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography help evaluate right ventricular function before and after ultrasound-facilitated thrombolysis in submassive pulmonary embolism?
Right ventricular longitudinal strain by speckle tracking echocardiography may be a useful supplementary tool for assessing right ventricular function in patients undergoing ultrasound-facilitated thrombolysis for submassive pulmonary embolism.
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RV strain by speckle tracking may track RV recovery after UFT in submassive PE; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Massive and submassive pulmonary thromboembolism carry significant morbidity and mortality. We present an elderly female who was diagnosed with a submassive pulmonary embolism by computed tomographic angiography and treated with ultrasound-facilitated thrombolysis (UFT). This case demonstrates the usefulness of right ventricular longitudinal strain measurements by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in the evaluation of right ventricular function before and after UFT. Evaluation of right ventricle longitudinal strain by speckle tracking echocardiography may supplement other parameters in the assessment of right ventricular function in these patients.
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Dod et al. (2019) conducted a case report in Submassive pulmonary thromboembolism (n=1). Right ventricular longitudinal strain measurement by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography was evaluated on Right ventricular function evaluation before and after ultrasound-facilitated thrombolysis. Right ventricular longitudinal strain measurement by speckle tracking echocardiography was useful in evaluating right ventricular function before and after ultrasound-facilitated thrombolysis.
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