Successful Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism and Associated Mobile Right Atrial Thrombus With Use of a Central Thrombolytic Infusion

MARITZA PROANO; JAE K. OH; ROBERT L. FRYE; C. MICHAEL JOHNSON; A. JAMIL TAJIK; CHARLES P. TALIERCIO

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Successful Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism and Associated Mobile Right Atrial Thrombus With Use of a Central Thrombolytic Infusion

MARITZA PROANO, JAE K. OH, ROBERT L. FRYE, C. MICHAEL JOHNSON, A. JAMIL TAJIK, CHARLES P. TALIERCIO

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Patients with pulmonary embolism and two-dimensional echocardiographic evidence of right atrial thrombus have a high mortality rate despite standard anticoagulation therapy. We used a direct central infusion of streptokinase in three such patients, who subsequently had rapid and complete clinical improvement. In this setting, thrombolytic therapy should be considered an effective therapeutic option.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1181-1185
Number of pages	5
Journal	Mayo Clinic proceedings
Volume	63
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0025-6196(12)65404-4
State	Published - 1988

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