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[Extensive acute pulmonary embolism: fragmentation treatment with a rotatable pigtail catheter]
T Schmitz-Rode1, G Alzen, U Spetzger
1Klinik für Radiologische Diagnostik, Klinikum der RWTH Aachen.
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|February 1, 1996
Abstract:
A 58-year-old patient with extensive pulmonary embolism complicated by cardiogenic shock and contraindications to thrombolysis was treated by mechanical embolus fragmentation using a rotatable pigtail catheter system. Considerable recanalization of the left pulmonary arteries was rapidly achieved with relative ease of instrumentation. Subsequently, the hemodynamic condition stabilized.