Pulmonary Embolism: Types, Case Studies, and the Role of Echocardiography
Everything You Need to Know
Role of Echocardiography
According to medical consensus, a pulmonary embolism (PE) is the third most common cause of cardiovascular death in the United States, following myocardial infarction and stroke. As cardiac sonographers, we can use echocardiography to assess right ventricular dilation and dysfunction, right heart strain, morphology of the interve…