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DSA Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolization from Intracardial Thrombus in a Patient with Permanent Pacing Catheter
Author(s) -
NEUWIRTH JIŘÍ,
BOHUTOVÁ JOSEFA,
KOLÁŘ JAROMÍR,
KAUTZNER JAN,
NOVÁK MILOŠ
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1990.tb01996.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intracardiac injection , thrombus , embolization , digital subtraction angiography , catheter , radiology , cardiology , angiography
Pulmonary embolization in patients with implanted pacemakers is rare and an intracardiac thrombus attached to the distal end of a newly implanted ventricular endocardial electrode following removal of a previously implanted lead is a curiosity. We have documented such a case by digital subtraction angiography, a minimally invasive procedure that demonstrates both an intracardiac thrombus and secondary pulmonary embolization in a single procedure, which also allows simplified follow‐up evaluation following therapy.