Prevalence and prognostic significance of right-sided cardiac mobile thrombi in acute massive pulmonary embolism.
The prevalence of right-sided cardiac mobile thrombi, "in transit" from the systemic venous system, was 18% in a series of 130 patients with massive pulmonary embolism referred to early echocardiography and receiving thrombolytic drugs (56%) or intravenous heparin (40%). The mortality rate was lower than previously reported and seemed to be related more to clinical and hemodynamic impairment than to presence of thromboembolus.
Casazza
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Division of Cardiology, San Carlo Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Bongarzoni
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Centonze
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Morpurgo
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality