Successful thrombolysis using recombinant tissue plasminogen activator in cases of severe pulmonary embolism with mobile thrombi in the right atrium
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Şatıroğlu, ÖmerDurakoğlugil, Murtaza Emre
Uğurlu, Yavuz
Şahin, İsmail
Doğan, Sıtkı
Ergül, Elif
Karadağ, Zakir
Bostan, Mehmet
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Satiroğlu, O., Durakoğlugil, M. E., Uğurlu, Y., Sahin, I., Doğan, S., Ergül, E., Karadağ, Z., & Bostan, M. (2014). Successful thrombolysis using recombinant tissue plasminogen activator in cases of severe pulmonary embolism with mobile thrombi in the right atrium. Interventional medicine & applied science, 6(2), 89–92. https://doi.org/10.1556/IMAS.6.2014.2.6Abstract
Hereby, we report two cases of acute pulmonary embolism with concomitant right-sided thrombus, which were successfully treated using recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA). These patients had life-threatening acute right ventricular failure, which dramatically improved within hours following thrombolysis. These cases emphasize the clinical utility of rtPA for the treatment of life-threatening pulmonary embolism. © 2014 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.