Clinical characteristics and treatment of patients with central pulmonary embolism and right heart thrombus.
Omar Cantu-MartinezJose Manuel Martinez ManzanoEric PetersonSahana TitoAlexander PrendergastSimone A JarrettBrenda ChiangAmmaar WattooSadia BenzaquenKevin Bryan LoAman AmanullahPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2023)
Right heart thrombus (RHT) was a rare finding in central pulmonary embolism. Most patients with RHT had evidence of RV dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension. Most patients received RHT-directed therapies in addition to therapeutic anticoagulation.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary embolism
- inferior vena cava
- pulmonary hypertension
- end stage renal disease
- atrial fibrillation
- heart failure
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- venous thromboembolism
- prognostic factors
- oxidative stress
- peritoneal dialysis
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- combination therapy