J Korean Soc Echocardiogr.  1994 Dec;2(2):225-228. 10.4250/jkse.1994.2.2.225.

Thrombi in Main Pulmonary Artery Detected by Echocardiography

• Lee KH
• Hwang SO
• Lim KS
• Kim YS
• Ahn ME
• Cho YK
• Yoon JH
• Park KS
• Choe KH

• KMID: 2410453
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4250/jkse.1994.2.2.225

Abstract

Clinical diagnosis of pulmonary thromboembolism is very difficult because clinical manifestations are nonspecific. Considering that this disease is life-threatening, prompt diagnosis and early treatment is critical in early course of the disease process. Emergency echocardiography can provide diagnostic hints for pulmonary thromboembolism. This report describes a woman who complained unexplained dyspnea and hypoxia, and was diagnosed with thromboembolism of main pulmonary artery detected by emergency echocardiography.

Keyword

Pulmonary thromboembolism; Echocardiography

MeSH Terms

Anoxia
Diagnosis
Dyspnea
Echocardiography*
Emergencies
Female
Humans
Pulmonary Artery*
Pulmonary Embolism
Thromboembolism

Figure

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  Fig. 1. Parasternal short axis view showed “saddle thrombus” (arrow) at the bifurcation of pulmonary artery.

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  Fig. 2. Lung perfusion scan with AP view showed multiple perfusion defects in right upper and middle lobe, and left lingular and lower lobe of the lung.

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