Right Ventricular Isovolumic Acceleration in Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Cetiner, Mehmet; Sayin, Muhammet; Yildirim, Nesligul; Karabag, Turgut; Dogan, Sait; Kucuk, Emrah; Aydin, Mustafa

doi:10.1111/echo.12579

Right Ventricular Isovolumic Acceleration in Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Cetiner M. A., Sayin M. R., Yildirim N., Karabag T., Dogan S. M., Kucuk E., ...More

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES, vol.31, no.10, pp.1253-1258, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 31 Issue: 10
Publication Date: 2014
Doi Number: 10.1111/echo.12579
Journal Name: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.1253-1258
Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

ObjectiveIn this study, we examined the role of isovolumic acceleration (IVA) measured with right ventricle (RV) tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) to predict the presence of acute pulmonary embolism (APE) in hemodynamically stable patients with clinical suspicion of APE.