title: Marked reduction in the ratio of main right ventricular chamber to outflow tract function in patients with proximal bilateral acute pulmonary embolism.
authors: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States. Electronic address: lopezcal@ucmail.uc.edu.
authors: Angel
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authors: Lopez-Candales
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: Acute pulmonary embolism; Chronic pulmonary hypertension; Echocardiography; Right ventricular dysfunction; Right ventricular fractional area change; Right ventricular outflow tract velocity