Large right atrial thrombus with pulmonary embolism

Ming Jui Hung; Chao Hung Wang; Li Tang Kuo; Wen-Chin Cherng

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8175.2000.tb01144.x

Large right atrial thrombus with pulmonary embolism

Ming Jui Hung, Chao Hung Wang, Li Tang Kuo, Wen-Chin Cherng^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Medicine

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

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Abstract

We present the cases of two patients, aged 67 and 77 years, who were admitted for the evaluation of rapidly progressive dyspnea and syncope, respectively. Both patients developed large right atrial thrombi with pulmonary embolism. The first patient received recombinant tissue plasminogen activator and survived with an uneventful result, whereas the second patient received operative thrombectomy followed by intravenous heparin and died 15 days later of pulmonary infarction with pulseless electrical activity. Data from these limited experiences suggest that thrombolytic therapy might be considered in patients with right heart thrombi with pulmonary embolism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	329-334
Number of pages	6
Journal	Echocardiography
Volume	17
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8175.2000.tb01144.x
State	Published - 2000

Keywords

Pulmonary embolism
Right atrium
Thrombus

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