Why the study?
Free-floating right-heart thrombus in the context of pulmonary embolism is a rare but serious encounter with no guidelines addressing its management.
Does thrombolytic therapy or surgical thrombectomy improve survival in patients with free-floating right heart thrombi and pulmonary embolism?
Does thrombolytic therapy or surgical thrombectomy improve survival in patients with free-floating right heart thrombi and pulmonary embolism?
In patients with free-floating right heart thrombi and pulmonary embolism, treatment with thrombolytic therapy or surgical thrombectomy is associated with significantly improved survival.
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Thrombolysis or thrombectomy may lower mortality in free-floating right heart thrombi with PE; leaves open need for randomized confirmation.
Ibrahim et al. (2022) studied this question.
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