A decisive lifesaving tool in submassive pulmonary embolism: Bedside echocardiography.

Shambhu KhanalSuman AdhikariVijay YadavSavita AryalShreya ThapaRatna Mani Gajurel

Published in: Clinical case reports (2023)

Bedside echocardiography can be a rapid diagnostic and decision-making tool for immediate thrombolysis in submassive pulmonary embolism with evidence of progressively failing ventricles. We report a case of submassive pulmonary embolism in a 26-year-old male under testosterone replacement therapy, who was successfully thrombolyzed based on bedside echocardiography findings.

Keyphrases

pulmonary embolism
replacement therapy
left ventricular
inferior vena cava
pulmonary hypertension
computed tomography
smoking cessation
decision making
heart failure
quantum dots