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SUBMITTER: Schultz J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6250021 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schultz Jacob J Andersen Asger A Andersen Asger A Grove Erik Lerkevang EL Ilkjær Lars Bo LB Nielsen-Kudsk Jens Erik JE
Case reports in cardiology 20181108
We present the successful treatment of a large solid right atrial thrombus by the catheter-based suction embolectomy system AngioVac® (AngioDynamics, NY, USA). A previously healthy 60-year-old male was referred with acute pulmonary embolism, a large deep vein thrombus and a large right atrial thrombus. After one week of anticoagulation, the size of the atrial thrombus was unaltered, and the patient was treated by catheter-directed embolectomy using the AngioVac system. The solid thrombus occlude ...[more]