PREVALENCE AND PROGNOSTIC-SIGNIFICANCE OF RIGHT-SIDED CARDIAC MOBILE THROMBI IN ACUTE MASSIVE PULMONARY-EMBOLISM

Authors
CASAZZA F BONGARZONI A CENTONZE F MORPURGO M
Citation
F. Casazza et al., PREVALENCE AND PROGNOSTIC-SIGNIFICANCE OF RIGHT-SIDED CARDIAC MOBILE THROMBI IN ACUTE MASSIVE PULMONARY-EMBOLISM, The American journal of cardiology, 79(10), 1997, pp. 1433
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
79
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)79:10<1433:PAPORC>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The prevalence of right-sided cardiac mobile thrombi, ''in transit'' f rom the systemic venous system, was 18% in a series of 130 patients wi th massive pulmonary embolism referred to early echocardiography and r eceiving thrombolytic drugs (56%) or intravenous heparin (40%). The mo rtality rate was lower than previously reported and seemed to be relat ed more to clinical and hemodynamic impairment than to presence of thr omboembolus.