Right atrial and ventricular function evaluated with speckle tracking in patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

Aims: Assessment of right ventricular (RV) function in acute pulmonary embolism (PE) has prognostic significance. The aim of this study was to evaluate right atrium (RA) and RV myocardial damage with 2-dimensional speckle-tracking in patients with an acute central vs an acute peripheral PE.

Methods And Results: Twenty-six patients with acute PE and 10 controls were retrospectively enrolled.