Always think of the right ventricle, even in “low-risk” pulmonary embolism

Mareike Lankeit

Source: Eur Respir J, 50 (6) 1702386; 10.1183/13993003.02386-2017
Journal Issue: December
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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