DOI QR코드

DOI QR Code

SUCCESSFUL EMBOLECTOMY OF A MIGRATED THROMBOLYTIC FREE-FLOATING MASSIVE THROMBUS RESULTING IN A PULMONARY THROMBOEMBOLISM

  • Yoo, Yeon Pyo (Division of Cardiology, Hyosung General Hospital) ;
  • Kang, Ki-Woon (Division of Cardiology, Eulji University Hospital, Eulji University School of Medicine)
  • 투고 : 2012.12.21
  • 심사 : 2013.02.13
  • 발행 : 2013.03.27

초록

The optimal treatment for free-floating massive right heart thrombi remains uncertain. However, they appear to increase the risk of mortality compared to the existence of a solitary pulmonary thromboembolism. Thrombolytic therapy has been shown to be effective in most patients, resulting in complete resolution of the massive thrombus and clinical improvement. We report the echocardiographic disappearance of a free-floating right heart thrombus after thrombolysis, however, the thrombus migrated and resulted in pulmonary thromboembolism. It was successfully removed with surgery.

키워드

피인용 문헌

  1. Mobile Intracardiac Mass after Inguinal Hernia Repair: An Unresolved Treatment Dilemma vol.2015, pp.None, 2013, https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/375089
  2. A Case of Acute Submassive Pulmonary Thromboembolism with Right Heart Thrombi That Was Successfully Treated with Mutant Tissue Plasminogen Activator during Continuous Echocardiographic Monitoring vol.55, pp.4, 2013, https://doi.org/10.7133/jca.14-00039