Non-surgical extraction of right cardiac "thrombus in transit"

In two hemodynamically unstable patients, massive pulmonary embolism and free‐floating right cardiac thrombi were diagnosed. Thrombolytic therapy was contraindicated and surgical treatment was rejected. In these two cases, we describe a successful non‐surgical, percutaneous extraction of mobile righ...

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Published in:Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions 2000-11, Vol.51 (3), p.316-319
Main Authors: Richartz, Barbara M., Werner, Gerald S., Ferrari, Markus, Kühnert, Helmut, Figulla, Hans R.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Biological and medical sciences
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Female
Heart Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Heart Diseases - therapy
Humans
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Pneumology
pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary hypertension. Acute cor pulmonale. Pulmonary embolism. Pulmonary vascular diseases
Thrombosis - diagnostic imaging
Thrombosis - therapy
thrombus in transit
treatment
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Summary:In two hemodynamically unstable patients, massive pulmonary embolism and free‐floating right cardiac thrombi were diagnosed. Thrombolytic therapy was contraindicated and surgical treatment was rejected. In these two cases, we describe a successful non‐surgical, percutaneous extraction of mobile right cardiac thrombi. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 51:316–319, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
ISSN:1522-1946
1522-726X
DOI:10.1002/1522-726X(200011)51:3<316::AID-CCD17>3.0.CO;2-U