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RVMI complicating a case of Right Heart Emboli in Transit : A rare case report

The presence of right heart thrombus complicating pulmonary thromboemboli carries with it an increased mortality rate compared to pulmonary thromboemboli alone, but little is known about the optimal management of this difficult clinical situation. We report a case of bilateral pulmonary thrombo -embolism with right heart thrombi treated successfully by thrombolysis with streptokinase.

V. Swamy | S. Biradar

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