A decisive lifesaving tool in submassive pulmonary embolism: Bedside echocardiography

Abstract

Key Clinical Message Immediate thrombolysis in submassive pulmonary embolism on the basis of bedside echocardiography can be a lifesaving decision in areas where computed tomography (CT) pulmonary angiogram is not readily available. Abstract Bedside echocardiography can be a rapid diagnostic and decision‐making tool for immediate thrombolysis in submassive pulmonary embolism with evidence of progressively failing ventricles. We report a case of submassive pulmonary embolism in a 26‐year‐old male under testosterone replacement therapy, who was successfully thrombolyzed based on bedside echocardiography findings.

Keywords

• bedside echocardiography
• submassive pulmonary embolism
• testosterone replacement therapy
• thrombolysis