Noninvasive diagnosis and treatment of a saddle pulmonary embolism. A case report in support of new trends in management of pulmonary embolism.
Transesophageal echocardiography and contrast-enhanced spiral CT of the chest helped to avoid a pulmonary angiography in an elderly patient with saddle pulmonary thromboembolism and allowed for direct evaluation of its resolution during treatment with subcutaneous low molecular weight heparin.
Torbicki
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Department of Hypertension and Angiology, Academy of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.
Pacho
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Jedrusik
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Pruszczyk
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003287:Contrast Media; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
D003287:Contrast Media; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight