Journal of Heart and Cardiology | 2015-05-05

Cardiopulmonary Clots- Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolus in Association with Right Heart Thrombus

Yaser Jbara

Abstract

Pulmonary embolism is a common and lethal disease. It may, rarely, coexist with right heart thrombus. When it does, it carries a high mortality risk. We describe here three patients with pulmonary embolism in association with a right heart thrombus, their approaches to management and outcomes. All three patients had a chest CT scan and an echocardiogram that showed RHT.