Case of a floating right atrial thrombus successfully treated with fibrinolysis
Mobile right atrial thrombi are at high risk of causing massive pulmonary embolism and are a medical emergency. This type of thrombus is identified in about 4-18% of pulmonary embolism cases. The presence of a free-floating embolic mass in right atrial or ventricle is often mortal: the death rate ca...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2019-05-01
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| Series: | Emergency Care Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/7813 |