Successful pharmacomechanical intervention with ultrasonic-accelerated thrombolytic catheter for massive pulmonary embolism

An 86-year-old male with history of metastatic prostate carcinoma and hypertension was admitted due to acute onset dyspnea and lower extremity pain and swelling. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a large right atrial thrombus extending in to the right ventricle. Within 12 h, the patient develo...

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Main Authors: Mateo Porres-Aguilar, Jose D. Burgos, Oscar C. Munoz, Ediberto Soto-Cora, Debabrata Mukherjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-12-01
Series:Indian Heart Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001948321300326X