“PERT-inent” Management: The Role of the Pulmonary Embolus Response Team in Managing Paradoxical Embolus in TransitNovel Teaching Points
A 52-year-old man presented with palpitations and dyspnea. Extensive bilateral pulmonary emboli (PEs) were identified on computed tomography pulmonary angiogram. Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated a mobile bi-atrial thrombus straddling the interatrial septum. Consensus decision of a multidi...
Main Authors: | Dinesh Selvakumar, MBBS, FRACP, Jimmy Chien, BMed, PhD, FRACP |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-11-01
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Series: | CJC Open |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589790X20300755 |
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