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Non‐surgical extraction of right cardiac “thrombus in transit”
Author(s) -
Richartz Barbara M.,
Werner Gerald S.,
Ferrari Markus,
Kühnert Helmut,
Figulla Hans R.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/1522-726x(200011)51:3<316::aid-ccd17>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - medicine , right heart , pulmonary embolism , thrombus , percutaneous , cardiology , surgery
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.