TY - JOUR AU - Bertini, Pietro AU - Ribechini, Alessandro AU - Guarracino, Fabio PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07/06 TI - Improved diagnosis of pulmonary embolism causing cardiac arrest by combined endobronchial ultrasound and echocardiography JO - Cardiovascular Ultrasound SP - 25 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening disease difficult to diagnose and manage in severe hemodynamic unstable patients. Transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is considered useful to improve diagnosis, but such approach has physical limitations for the interposition of the airways preventing the clear assessment of the left pulmonary artery. Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS), a recently developed technique carried out using a modified bronchoscope having a small ultrasound convex probe at the tip allowing to perform ultrasonography examination of the mediastinum, can extensively visualize the pulmonary arteries on both sides. SN - 1476-7120 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12947-020-00208-z DO - 10.1186/s12947-020-00208-z ID - Bertini2020 ER -