Echocardiography in Evaluation of Pulmonary Thromboembolism

Pulmonary thromboembolism (PT) is a comman disease that is frequently missed in elinical diagnosis. In patients who fail to have the right diagnosis and treatment on time, the mortality of this illness is high. Ventilation-perfusion sean and pulmonary angiography are the definitive diagnostic tests for PT. Unfortunately, these methods have some limitations. Due to its being a safe, noninvasive and easily applicable technique, echocardiography is an altemative method in the evaluation of patients with PT. This review, is a summary on the use of echocardiography in PT and its limitations.