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(Chest. 1977;71:108-111.)
© 1977 American College of Chest Physicians

Left Ventricular Function in Massive Pulmonary Embolism

J. S. Alpert MC, USNR1; G. S. Francis MC, USNR1; W. V. R. Vieweg MC, USN1; S. I. Thompson MC, USNR1; K. C. Stanton MC, USN1; and A. D. Hagan MC, USN1

1 From the Cardiology Branch, Department of Internal Medicine, and Clinical Investigation Center, Naval Regional Medical Center, San Diego, Calif

Serial echocardiographic and angiographic measurements of left ventricular function were obtained in a patient with massive pulmonary embolism before and after pulmonary embolectomy. These data suggest that left ventricular dysfunction secondary to right ventricular failure is the result of markedly decreased left ventricular filling in this setting.






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