Echocardiographic findings in severe paradoxical pulse due to pulmonary embolization.
A 47 year old man with acute pulmonary embolism had severe pulsus paradoxicus in the absence of pericardial disease. Echocardiography demonstrated inspiratory failure of the aortic valve to open, a decreases in left ventricular cavity size and a decrease in mitral valve diastolic excursion.
D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000503:physiopathology; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000503:physiopathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011674:Pulse; D012119:Respiration