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Low-dose thrombolysis safely and effectively treated an acute submassive pulmonary embolism causing severe right ventricular dysfunction in a pregnant woman without shock.
This is the first reported case demonstrating that low-dose thrombolysis can be effective and safe for submassive pulmonary embolism in a pregnant patient without shock.
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May not yet change practice in pregnant patients with submassive PE; first case leaves open need for prospective data.
Low-dose thrombolysis was effective and safe in a pregnant woman with acute pulmonary embolism causing severe right ventricular dysfunction. This is the first reported case of successful thrombolysis for pulmonary embolus in pregnancy in the absence of shock.
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Dhutia et al. (2014) studied this question. Low-dose thrombolysis safely and effectively treated an acute submassive pulmonary embolism causing severe right ventricular dysfunction in a pregnant woman without shock.
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