Cited 9 times since 2006 (0.5 per year) source: EuropePMC European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology, Volume 8, Issue 3, 23 4 2006, Pages 229-231 Mobile right heart thrombus and massive pulmonary embolism. de Vrey EA, Bax JJ, Poldermans D, van der Wall EE, Holman ER
The current report describes a patient with pulmonary embolism, treated unsuccessfully with heparin. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed free-floating right heart thrombus. Migrating deep vein thrombus to the right heart was suspected. Transesophageal echocardiography confirmed origin of the thrombus in the inferior cava vein. Mortality rate of mobile right heart thrombus is over 40%, therefore urgent surgical embolectomy was performed with relief of symptoms.
