Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism with Direct Visualization of a Free-floating Right Heart Thrombus Successfully Treated with Fibrinolysis: A Case Report

A male patient with a history of immobilization due to motor weakness, was transferred to our emergency department after syncope during physiotherapy, with recorded hypotension. Transthoracic echocardiography showed severe dilatation of the right ventricle (RV), with apex hypercontractility and almo...

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Main Authors: Elisavet Kaitalidou, Dimitrios Karapiperis, Vasileios Makrakis, Maria Kipourou, Dimitrios Petroglou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karolinum Press 2020-03-01
Series:Prague Medical Report
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Online Access:https://pmr.lf1.cuni.cz/121/1/0042/