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Non-surgical extraction of right cardiac "thrombus in transit"
B M Richartz1, G S Werner, M Ferrari
1Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena, Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Abteilung für Kardiologie, Angiologie & Internistische Intensivmedizin, Jena, Germany.
Abstract:
In two hemodynamically unstable patients, massive pulmonary embolism and free-floating right cardiac thrombi were diagnosed. Thrombolytic therapy was contraindicated and surgical treatment was rejected. In these two cases, we describe a successful non-surgical, percutaneous extraction of mobile right cardiac thrombi. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 51:316-319, 2000.