Fig. 1. Series of events after massive PE causing acute right ventricular heart failure. CO: cardiac output; LV: left ventricular; PAP: pulmonary artery pressure; PE: pulmonary embolism; PVR: pulmonary vascular resistance; RV: right ventricular.
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