Su Tonglin, Kritharides Leonard, Chow Vincent
Echocardiography Laboratory Department of Cardiology Concord Hospital Hospital Road Concord New South Wales 2139 Australia.
Faculty of Medicine University of Sydney Sydney Australia.
Australas J Ultrasound Med. 2017 Oct 25;20(4):181-185. doi: 10.1002/ajum.12072. eCollection 2017 Nov.
This case report illustrates the importance of careful Doppler interrogation of pulmonary artery (PA) and pulmonary artery branches in a standard Echocardiographic examination, which can be easily missed or ignored when using portable hand-held device as this is usually a focussed examination. A comprehensive echocardiogram with dedicated superior vena cava (SVC) and detailed Doppler analysis of the PA added crucial information in the early diagnosis and expedited the commencement of life-saving therapy in a 38-year-old female patient with lymphoma.
本病例报告说明了在标准超声心动图检查中对肺动脉(PA)及其分支进行仔细多普勒检查的重要性。当使用便携式手持设备时,这一点很容易被遗漏或忽视,因为这种检查通常是有重点的。对于一名38岁的淋巴瘤女性患者,一份包含专门的上腔静脉(SVC)检查及对肺动脉进行详细多普勒分析的全面超声心动图,为早期诊断提供了关键信息,并加快了挽救生命治疗的开始。