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Age Ageing
; 44(5): 896-8, 2015 Sep.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26220987
RESUMO
Pulmonary embolism and thromboembolic disease carry a high mortality if not recognised and managed appropriately. Herein we illustrate the case of a dehydrated elderly female patient with recurrent syncope who proved to have high risk pulmonary embolism and a free floating right heart thrombus. The echocardiographic findings of right heart thrombus and possible thrombi 'in transit' within a low flow inferior vena cava, guided a life-saving treatment in this frail elderly patient.