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Cardiac ultrasound, four-chamber view: right ventricular and atrium dilatation is visible.
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Bedside ultrasound showed a reduced inferior vena cava collapsibility index and a right ventricle (RV) distended and hypokinetic (mid diameter 55 mm; TAPSE 10 mm) with paradoxical interventricular septal motion and an estimation of right ventricular pressure of 70 mmHg; left ventricular function appeared normal (Fig. 1).
CT pulmonary angiography: a modest ground glass lung pattern is visible in both lungs; thromboembolic occlusion is visible in the right branch of the pulmonary artery.
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Finally, the CT pulmonary angiogram (Fig. 2) confirmed a bilateral pulmonary embolism and showed a modest ground glass lung consolidation: considering the lung pattern we performed a SARS-CoV-2 test, resulted positive.