Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
- Volume 16 Issue 4
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- Pages.123-125
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- 2008
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- 2586-7210(pISSN)
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- 2586-7296(eISSN)
A Case of Consecutive Right and Left Ventricular Dysfunction
- Park, Seong-Mi (Division of Cardiology, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
- Choi, Jong-Il (Division of Cardiology, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
- Hong, Soon-Jun (Division of Cardiology, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
- Lim, Do-Sun (Division of Cardiology, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
- Shim, Wan-Joo (Division of Cardiology, Korea University College of Medicine)
- Published : 2008.12.27
Abstract
An acute pulmonary embolism (PE) and the apical ballooning syndrome (ABS) are both critical and need proper management during the acute stage. We experienced a case of recurrent severe dyspnea because serious right ventricular dysfunction due to PE and left ventricular dysfunction due to ABS occurred consecutively in the short-term and bedside echocardiography has an important role in management in acute settings.