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(A) Transthoracic echocardiography at admission revealed a D-shaped left ventricle due to right ventricular pressure overload. (B) The calculated right ventricular systolic pressure was 61.6 mmHg. RV, right ventricle; LV, left ventricle.
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For further evaluation of the dyspnea, we performed transthoracic echocardiography, which revealed a D-shaped left ventricle due to right ventricular pressure overload (Fig. 1A). Moderate pulmonary hypertension (right ventricular systolic pressure, 61.63 mmHg) was observed (Fig. 1B).
Chest computed tomography at admission revealed multiple pulmonary thromboemboli in the right lobar (A, arrow) and both main (B, arrows) pulmonary arteries.
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Multiple PTE in both lobar and main pulmonary arteries were observed on chest CT (Fig. 2).