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Review
. 2025 Feb 21;6(2):100068.
doi: 10.1016/j.acepjo.2025.100068. eCollection 2025 Apr.

Woman With Dyspnea

Chew Kiat Yeoh  1 , Nicole Mun Teng Cheung  1 , Isabel En Yun Lum  2
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Review

Woman With Dyspnea

Chew Kiat Yeoh et al. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. .
No abstract available

Keywords: POCUS; pulmonary embolism; thrombus in transit.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
The POCUS demonstrated large serpiginous and oval echogenic lesions (yellow arrow) in the dilated right ventricle cavity, suggesting a thrombus. POCUS, point-of-care ultrasound.
Figure 2
Figure 2
The axial cut of the CTPA demonstrated a tubular-appearing filling defect (blue arrow) within the right ventricle, which represents emboli. CTPA, computed tomography pulmonary angiogram.
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