Successful Thrombolysis Using Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator in Cases of Severe Pulmonary Embolism with Mobile Thrombi in the Right Atrium

Overview

Journal Interv Med Appl Sci

Publisher Akademiai Kiado

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2014 Jun 18

PMID 24936311

Citations 3

Authors

Omer Satiroglu

Murtaza Emre Durakoglugil

Yavuz Ugurlu

Ismail Sahin

Sitki Dogan

Elif Ergul

Zakir Karadag

Mehmet Bostan

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Abstract

Hereby, we report two cases of acute pulmonary embolism with concomitant right-sided thrombus, which were successfully treated using recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA). These patients had life-threatening acute right ventricular failure, which dramatically improved within hours following thrombolysis. These cases emphasize the clinical utility of rtPA for the treatment of life-threatening pulmonary embolism.

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