Ultrasound for the Anesthesiologists: Present and Future

Figure 4

Pulmonary embolism: ((a) lung ultrasound) peripheral, triangular, and pleural based hypoechoic lesions (yellow arrows); ((b) transthoracic echo, apical view) it shows right ventricular (RV) dilation, RV hypokinesia, septal flattening, and tricuspid regurgitation. IVS: interventricular septum; TV: tricuspid valve; LV: left ventricle; RA: right atrium; LA: left atrium.