TRANSJUGULAR PULMONARY THROMBECTOMY WITH THE AMPLATZ DEVICE

Authors
DUDA SH TEUFL FJ SCHOTT U ERLEY CM CLAUSSEN CD
Citation
Sh. Duda et al., TRANSJUGULAR PULMONARY THROMBECTOMY WITH THE AMPLATZ DEVICE, Minimally invasive therapy & allied technologies, 6(4), 1997, pp. 304-307
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Minimally invasive therapy & allied technologies
ISSN journal
13645706 → ACNP
Volume
6
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
304 - 307
Database
ISI
SICI code
1364-5706(1997)6:4<304:TPTWTA>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A 63-year-old man with subtotal occlusion of both pulmonary arteries c aused by thromboembolism was treated by infrarenal placement of an inf rarenal caval Greenfield filter and pulmonary thrombectomy by the Ampl atz device (ATD). Thrombectomy decreased the mean pulmonary artery pre ssure from 50 mmHg to 16 mmHg. This is the first report of a successfu l recanalization of both pulmonary arteries by the ATD via an access t hrough the right internal jugular vein.