Кореспондиращ автор: Искра Байрактарова ( i.bayraktarova@yahoo.com ) Академичен редактор: Найденка Златарева © Искра Байрактарова. Това е статия отворен достъп разпространява под условията на Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), която позволява използване без ограничения, разпространение, и възпроизвеждане на всякакъв носител, при условие на оригиналния автор и източник са кредитирани. Цитат:
Байрактарова И (2024) Ехокардиографията при остър белодробен тромбоемболизъм – какво ни дава? Българска Кардиология 30(3): 7-28. https://doi.org/10.3897/bgcardio.30.e136583 |
Corresponding author: I. Bayraktarova ( i.bayraktarova@yahoo.com ) Academic editor: Naidenka Zlatareva © I. Bayraktarova. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Bayraktarova I (2024) Echocardiography in acute pulmonary embolism – what do we have? Bulgarian Cardiology 30(3): 7-28. https://doi.org/10.3897/bgcardio.30.e136583 |
Pulmonary thromboembolism (PE) related mortality worldwide is decreasing due to current therapeutic advances. However, PE remains the third leading cause of death in developed countries and its incidence is increasing. Timely diagnosis and appropriate therapeutic measures are extremely important in clinical practice. Echocardiography (EchoCG) remains a preferred imaging technique at the bedside for both primary diagnosis and individual patient risk determination, and provides invaluable information regarding general hemodynamics in emergency situations. The development of the methodology in recent years adds new parameters to the classic image of the patient with PE. In this review, modern approaches for risk stratification of patients with PE by means of echocardiography and the role of echocardiography in the diagnosis of the disease are considered.