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How do you use cardiac POCUS to potentially defer formal echocardiogram in patients presenting with an acute pulmonary embolism?

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Hospital Medicine · Weill Cornell Medicine

In patients with acute PE, cardiac ultrasound is useful in risk stratification and identification of patients at higher risk of short-term mortality and complications. Signs to look for on POCUS are: RV dilatation (RV>LV on apical 4-chamber view), McConnell Sign (hyperkinetic RV apex with hypokineti...

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