Noninvasive diagnosis and treatment of a saddle pulmonary embolism. A case report in support of new trends in management of pulmonary embolism.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Transesophageal echocardiography and contrast-enhanced spiral CT of the chest helped to avoid a pulmonary angiography in an elderly patient with saddle pulmonary thromboembolism and allowed for direct evaluation of its resolution during treatment with subcutaneous low molecular weight heparin.
Medical subject headings
- Echocardiography, Transesophageal
- Fibrinolytic Agents
- Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed