Severe Hypoxemia in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Severe, refractory hypoxemia in pulmonary embolism may be due to an intra-cardiac right-to-left shunt. Echocardiography with agitated saline (bubble test), may be an available, point of care tool for diagnosis.
Authors
- Asaf Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0738-6420)
- Doron Aronson
- Amichai Gutgold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1740-9473)
- Michael Mutlak
Institutions
- Rambam Health Care Campus (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Respirology Case Reports
- Published
- 2025-02-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.70115
- Primary Topic
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00