Echocardiography may be used in patients presenting with pulmonary embolism to visualise the right heart. The authors report the case of a patient who had recurrent pulmonary embolism. Echocardiography demonstrated a large, mobile thrombus moving freely through the tricuspid valve.
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June 1983
The author report the case of a 48 years old patient, admitted to hospital 3 hours and a half after an anterior myocardial infarct which was well tolerated. Coronary recanalization with urokinase-plasminogen removed the obstruction of the middle part of the anterior interventricular artery 1 hour and a half after the patient's arrival. Selective left coronary angiography demonstrated a narrow stenosis, in the order of 98%, in the proximal part of the AIV artery.
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