Volume 155, Issue 1, Pages e9-e12 (January 2019) Ultrasound Diagnosis of Cardiac Arrest in a Patient With Hematologic Disease Silvia Mongodi, MD, PhD, Marta Luperto, MD, Emanuela Maria Roldi, MD, Anita Orlando, MD, Giorgio Antonio Iotti, MD, Francesco Mojoli, MD CHEST Volume 155, Issue 1, Pages e9-e12 (January 2019) DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.08.1089 Copyright © 2018 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Subcostal four-chamber view: the right ventricle is dilated and compresses the left ventricle; floating thrombi (*) are visualized within the right-hand cavities. LA = left atrium; LV = left ventricle; RA = right atrium; RV = right ventricle. CHEST 2019 155, e9-e12DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2018.08.1089) Copyright © 2018 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Treatable causes of cardiac arrest (“4H and 4T” mnemonic) and detectable signs by ultrasound. IVC = inferior vena cava; IVS = interventricular septum. See Figure 1 legend for expansion of other abbreviations. CHEST 2019 155, e9-e12DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2018.08.1089) Copyright © 2018 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions