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Right Ventricular Dilatation on Bedside Echocardiography Performed by Emergency Physicians Aids in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism Scott Dresden, MD, Patricia Mitchell, RN, Layla Rahimi, BA, Megan Leo, MD, RDMS, Julia Rubin-Smith, MPH, Salma Bibi, MPH, Laura White, PhD, Breanne Langlois, MPH, Alison Sullivan, MD, Kristin Carmody, MD, RDMS Annals of Emergency Medicine Volume 63, Issue 1, Pages (January 2014) DOI: /j.annemergmed Copyright © 2013 American College of Emergency Physicians Terms and Conditions
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Figure 1 Right ventricular dilatation (right ventricle:left ventricle ratio >1:1) in this apical 4-chamber image of a patient with an acute pulmonary embolism. RV, right ventricle; LV, left ventricle; RA, right atrium; LA, left atrium. Annals of Emergency Medicine , 16-24DOI: ( /j.annemergmed ) Copyright © 2013 American College of Emergency Physicians Terms and Conditions
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Figure 2 Flow of patients through the study. Echo, echocardiography; RV, right ventricle; LV, left ventricle; PE, pulmonary embolism. Annals of Emergency Medicine , 16-24DOI: ( /j.annemergmed ) Copyright © 2013 American College of Emergency Physicians Terms and Conditions
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