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CT and pulmonary angiography. (a) (axial) and (b) (coronal) image of CT scan revealing acute pulmonary emboli within the right main and left interlobar pulmonary artery causing contrast filling defects. Thromboembolism is further extending to multiple segmental and subsegmental branches of both pulmonary artery branches. c Axial CT image showing morphologic signs of right ventricular strain including right ventricular dilatation and deviation of the interventricular septum toward the left ventricle. The right ventricle is dilated to 4.19 cm, while the left ventricle is 2.63 cm wide
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Fig1
The suspected diagnosis of pulmonary embolism was confirmed by CT (shown in Fig. 1).
Timeline. This figure is a timeline, showing the chronological order of events. Graphic was created using Adobe Illustrator 2020
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Fig2
Anticoagulant therapy was switched to edoxaban 60 mg once daily after 5 days (Fig. 2). 