title: Sudden appearance of echocardiographic changes in a case of acute massive pulmonary embolism.
abstract: We report a case of a 68-years-old woman who developed during hospitalization a massive pulmonary embolism. Since the patient had undergone routine cardiac examination, comparison between the echo features immediately preceding and following the event allowed to detail the time interval required for the occurrence of the anatomical and functional changes of the heart chambers.
authors.affiliation: I Clinica Medica, IInd School of Medicine and Surgery, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giunta
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Itri
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Biagini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Losardo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maione
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology