Short-term clinical outcome of patients with acute pulmonary embolism, normal blood pressure, and echocardiographic right ventricular dysfunction.

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Summary

A significant proportion of normotensive patients with acute PE presents with RV dysfunction; these patients with latent hemodynamic impairment have a 10% rate of PE-related shock and 5% in-hospital mortality and may require aggressive therapeutic strategies.

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Published
2000-06-20
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Keywords

Medicine, Internal medicine, Cardiology, Shock (circulatory), Pulmonary embolism

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