We are describing a case of acute prosthetic valve thrombosis, presented in emergency department with clinical findings of pulmonary embolism. This case, underlines the best diagnostic accuracy of the chest CT scan, comparison to the trans thoracic echocardiogram for the differential diagnosis.
Prosthetic Mitral Valve Thrombosis Presented as a Pulmonary Embolism with Obstructive Shock in Emergency Department / Massimiliano, Corsino; Marco, Matteoli; Giuseppe, Iuliano; Erika, Pagannone; DI SOMMA, Salvatore. - In: THE OPEN EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL. - ISSN 1876-5424. - 3:(2010), pp. 3-6. [10.1093/eurheartj/14.4.447]
Prosthetic Mitral Valve Thrombosis Presented as a Pulmonary Embolism with Obstructive Shock in Emergency Department
DI SOMMA, Salvatore
2010
Abstract
We are describing a case of acute prosthetic valve thrombosis, presented in emergency department with clinical findings of pulmonary embolism. This case, underlines the best diagnostic accuracy of the chest CT scan, comparison to the trans thoracic echocardiogram for the differential diagnosis.File allegati a questo prodotto
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