title: Massive main pulmonary artery embolism diagnosed with two-dimensional Doppler echocardiography.
abstract: This report describes the usefulness of echocardiography in the differential diagnosis of acute cardiovascular events. In a 66-year-old patient with known aortic stenosis and mitral valve prosthesis, who suddenly deteriorated with severe dyspnea, a thrombus within the pulmonary artery could be detected with 2-D echo. Pulsed-wave Doppler disclosed the resulting flow-velocity disturbances.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, University of Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gabrielsen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eggeling
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hoeher
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kochs
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hombach
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*