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Unexpected Right Ventricular Uptake: A Sign of Pulmonary Hypertension from a Large Pulmonary Embolism

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https://doi.org/10.56305/001c.163427
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Abstract

Pulmonary embolism can be seen in patients with malignancy. Positron Emission Tomography/ Computerized Tomography (PET/CT) can show hypermetabolic activity in the right ventricle in patients with pulmonary embolism and right ventricular strain, representing a physiologic response to pressure overload rather than cardiac malignancy.

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