Transient Right to Left Atrial Shunt Detected by Contrast Echocardiography in the Acute Stage of Pulmonary Embolism
✍ Scribed by Shlomo Keidar; Ehud Grenadier; Chen Binenboim; Avraham Palant
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 302 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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✦ Synopsis
Contrast echocardiography is a well known method for the diagnosis of intra-and extracardiac After administration of contrast material into a peripheral vein, it is cleared by the lungs and is visualized in the right atrium. In patients with a left-to-right shunt, it is expected that the contrast material will be seen in the left atrium and ~e n t r i c l e . ~
In this brief report, we describe a patient in the acute stage of pulmonary embolism. A transient right-to-left shunt was demonstrated by contrast echocardiography, and could not be revisualized later after an improvement in the patient's clinical and hemodynamic condition.