title: Non-surgical extraction of right cardiac "thrombus in transit".
abstract: In two hemodynamically unstable patients, massive pulmonary embolism and free-floating right cardiac thrombi were diagnosed. Thrombolytic therapy was contraindicated and surgical treatment was rejected. In these two cases, we describe a successful non-surgical, percutaneous extraction of mobile right cardiac thrombi. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 51:316-319, 2000.
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena, Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Abteilung für Kardiologie, Angiologie & Internistische Intensivmedizin, Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Richartz
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Werner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kühnert
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Figulla
mesh_terms: D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D016306:Vena Cava Filters