Life-threatening pulmonary embolism with right-sided heart thrombus. Rapid recovery with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We report the case of a woman treated with urokinase for acute pulmonary embolism with a right-sided heart thrombus. She developed life-threatening acute cor pulmonale which dramatically improved within 4 h with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA). We emphasize the clinical interest of rtPA for the treatment of life-threatening pulmonary embolism.
Medical subject headings
- Heart Diseases
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Thrombosis
- Tissue Plasminogen Activator