Things We Do for No Reason: Routine Echocardiography in Hemodynamically Stable Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism

J Hosp Med. 2019 Apr;14(4):242-245. doi: 10.12788/jhm.3125.

Authors

Paul A Bergl¹, Adrian Umpierrez de Reguero², Jayshil J Patel¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
² Section of Hospital Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

PMID: 30933676
DOI: 10.12788/jhm.3125

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Acute Disease*
Adult
Chest Pain / etiology
Contraceptives, Oral / therapeutic use
Dyspnea / etiology
Echocardiography*
Female
Hemodynamics*
Humans
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / diagnostic imaging

Substances

Contraceptives, Oral