Right heart thrombus in transit: a series of two cases
Abstract Right heart thrombus in transit is an increasingly recognized medical emergency with very high mortality rate. Echocardiography helps to establish the diagnosis and can differentiate between right heart thrombi that result from atrial fibrillation and those originating from deep venous thro...
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| author | Eva Otoupalova Bhavinkumar Dalal Brian Renard |
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| description | Abstract Right heart thrombus in transit is an increasingly recognized medical emergency with very high mortality rate. Echocardiography helps to establish the diagnosis and can differentiate between right heart thrombi that result from atrial fibrillation and those originating from deep venous thrombosis. We present two cases of right heart thrombus in transit diagnosed with echocardiography that were managed with different approaches. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5cbd64a1fe934a3d976958df34f8a99c2022-12-22T03:08:52ZengSpringerOpenCritical Ultrasound Journal2036-31762036-79022017-06-01911410.1186/s13089-017-0069-9Right heart thrombus in transit: a series of two casesEva Otoupalova0Bhavinkumar Dalal1Brian Renard2Department of Internal Medicine, Oakland University William Beaumont School of MedicineDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Oakland University William Beaumont School of MedicineDepartment of Cardiology, Oakland University William Beaumont School of MedicineAbstract Right heart thrombus in transit is an increasingly recognized medical emergency with very high mortality rate. Echocardiography helps to establish the diagnosis and can differentiate between right heart thrombi that result from atrial fibrillation and those originating from deep venous thrombosis. We present two cases of right heart thrombus in transit diagnosed with echocardiography that were managed with different approaches.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13089-017-0069-9 |
| spellingShingle | Eva Otoupalova Bhavinkumar Dalal Brian Renard Right heart thrombus in transit: a series of two cases Critical Ultrasound Journal |
| title | Right heart thrombus in transit: a series of two cases |
| title_full | Right heart thrombus in transit: a series of two cases |
| title_fullStr | Right heart thrombus in transit: a series of two cases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Right heart thrombus in transit: a series of two cases |
| title_short | Right heart thrombus in transit: a series of two cases |
| title_sort | right heart thrombus in transit a series of two cases |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13089-017-0069-9 |
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