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Annals of Intensive Care
Fig. 1 | Annals of Intensive Care

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From: Frequency and prognostic impact of basic critical care echocardiography abnormalities in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

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An example of acute cor pulmonale. 82-year-old woman with myelodysplastic syndrome was intubated for severe community-acquired pneumonia. She had no known cardiac problems or chronic lung disease. On admission to the intensive care unit, basic echocardiography was done. The parasternal short axis view showed a dilated right ventricle (RV) in end diastole at the papillary muscle level and interventricular septum (IVS) straightening, indicating acute cor pulmonale. The RV and left ventricle (LV) areas may be determined via endocardial tracing as shown, though in many cases, an RV/LV ratio of ≥ 1 can be determined visually without routine manual tracing

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