title: Right ventricular strain in pulmonary embolism by Doppler tissue echocardiography.
abstract: For patients with submassive pulmonary embolism, failure of the right ventricle can often be visualized by 2-dimensional echocardiography. We used strain analysis to demonstrate changes in the regional right ventricular free wall performance during the acute and recovery stages of pulmonary embolism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark. jekj@gentoftehosp.kbhamt.dk
authors.forename: Jesper
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kjaergaard
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sogaard
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hassager
mesh_terms: D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*