Management of a huge right atrial thrombus in a patient with multiple comorbidities

Management of a huge right atrial thrombus in a patient with multiple comorbidities

Abstract Background Floating right heart thrombi (RHT) represent an underdiagnosed, potentially hazardous, and to some extent rare phenomenon in patients presenting with acute pulmonary embolism (APE). Emergent treatment is usually required for such a condition. Case presentation A 19-year-old young...

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Main Authors: Peter Philip Shaker Selwanos, Ahmed Osman Ahmed, Karim Mohamed El Bakry, Ahmed Nazmy Elsharkawy, Omar Alaaeldin Mohamed, Hatem Hosny, Amir Anwar Shaker Samaan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-11-01
Series:The Egyptian Heart Journal
Subjects:
2D echocardiography
Right atrial thrombus
Paradoxical embolism
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43044-020-00112-x

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