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Pulmonary embolism with floating right atrial thrombus successfully treated with streptokinase: a case report

BACKGROUND: Massive pulmonary embolism (PE) is associated with significant mortality, especially if compounded by haemodynamic instability, right ventricular (RV) dysfunction and right atrial (RA) thrombus. Thrombolysis can be lifesaving in patients with major embolism and cardiogenic shock, and acc...

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Autores principales: Nasrin, Sahela, Cader, Fathima Aaysha, Salahuddin, Md., Nazrin, Tahera, Shafi, Masuma Jannat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4964108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27465303
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-2177-1