Treatment of Mobile Right Heart Thrombi

Right heart thrombi are detected in approximately 4% of patients with pulmonary embolism. The associated mortality is high, but the optimal strategy remains controversial. We report a case of a large mobile right heart thrombus, complicated by embolism of the right pulmonary artery, which was succes...

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Autores principales: Sakellariou, Xenofon M, Efstathopoulos, Andreas, Stamatis, Konstantinos V, Nikas, Dimitrios N, Kolettis, Theofilos M
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7727624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33313001
http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2020_001918
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author Sakellariou, Xenofon M
Efstathopoulos, Andreas
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Nikas, Dimitrios N
Kolettis, Theofilos M
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description Right heart thrombi are detected in approximately 4% of patients with pulmonary embolism. The associated mortality is high, but the optimal strategy remains controversial. We report a case of a large mobile right heart thrombus, complicated by embolism of the right pulmonary artery, which was successfully treated with half-dose alteplase. We briefly review the literature and discuss the therapeutic options, focusing on the advantages of thrombolysis. LEARNING POINTS: Mobile right heart thrombi require rapid therapeutic choices between surgical thrombectomy and thrombolysis. Half-dose alteplase may be effective, even in the presence of an extensive thrombus burden.
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spelling pubmed-77276242020-12-11 Treatment of Mobile Right Heart Thrombi Sakellariou, Xenofon M Efstathopoulos, Andreas Stamatis, Konstantinos V Nikas, Dimitrios N Kolettis, Theofilos M Eur J Case Rep Intern Med Articles Right heart thrombi are detected in approximately 4% of patients with pulmonary embolism. The associated mortality is high, but the optimal strategy remains controversial. We report a case of a large mobile right heart thrombus, complicated by embolism of the right pulmonary artery, which was successfully treated with half-dose alteplase. We briefly review the literature and discuss the therapeutic options, focusing on the advantages of thrombolysis. LEARNING POINTS: Mobile right heart thrombi require rapid therapeutic choices between surgical thrombectomy and thrombolysis. Half-dose alteplase may be effective, even in the presence of an extensive thrombus burden. SMC Media Srl 2020-09-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7727624/ /pubmed/33313001 http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2020_001918 Text en © EFIM 2020 This article is licensed under a Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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