When Size Matters: Advanced Treatment of Acute Pulmonary Embolism Caused by a Large Snake-Like Thrombus.
Nicola Marchese, Alessandro Russo, Mauro Cassese et al.
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From the abstract
A 56-year-old female patient presented with pulmonary embolism-related obstructive shock complicated by cardiac arrest. Computed tomography revealed a large snake-like thrombus. After unsuccessful imaging-guided transcatheter aspiration, targeting one end of the thrombus, surgical embolectomy was effective in removing a 48 cm single thrombus.