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SUBMITTER: Charif F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5989551 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr-Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of cardiovascular echography 20180401 2
Free-floating right heart thrombus (RHT) is an extreme medical emergency in the context of acute massive pulmonary embolism (PE). Despite the advances in early diagnosis, the management is still very debatable due to lack of consensus. We reported the case of a 66-year-old male, with a history of moderate renal dysfunction and dilated cardiomyopathy, who presented to the emergency department for acute dyspnea. His angiographic magnetic resonance imaging revealed bilateral extensive PE. Transthor ...[more]