title: A case of saddle pulmonary embolus visualized on a transthoracic echocardiography in a 69-year-old female.
abstract: A 69-year-old female with history of immobilization presented with shortness of breath and generalized weakness and was found to have large saddle pulmonary embolus on CT scan. Further evaluation with a transthoracic echocardiography revealed a moderately enlarged and hypokinetic right ventricle with a pulmonary artery clot of about 1.5 cm seen at the bifurcation while the ultrasound of the legs was negative for deep vein thrombosis.
authors.affiliation: Department on Internal Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA; dr.dillirampoudel@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Dilli Ram
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Poudel
authors.affiliation: Department on Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Smith
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giri
authors.affiliation: Department on Internal Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Ranjan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pathak
authors.affiliation: Department on Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Inyong
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: Department on Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Shadwan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alsafwah
keywords: anticoagulation; echocardiogram; embolism; pulmonary; saddle