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Echocardiography Detects and Demonstrates Disappearance of Right Atrial and Pulmonary Artery Thrombus
Author(s) -
TSOUKAS ATHANASIOS,
MARANTIDOU PETIA,
KOLIANDRIS IOANNIS,
MARKAKIS NIKOLAOS,
CHRISTAKOS STAMATIOS
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1999.tb00087.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombus , cardiology , pulmonary embolism , right pulmonary artery , pulmonary artery , heparin , radiology
We present the case of a patient with acute pulmonary embolism and a large right atrial and a smaller pulmonary artery thrombus. Thrombi were successfully treated with intravenous heparin. Echocardiography was used to document the morphological evolution of thrombi and to evaluate the medical treatment.