Right Heart Thrombus in Transit on Point-of-Care Ultrasound: A Rare Finding with Key Management Repercussions

[Display omitted] •Right heart thrombi are associated with high early mortality in PE.•POCUS allows rapid assessment in hemodynamic compromise and suspected PE.•Triple POCUS assessment of the lung, heart, and leg veins may improve PE detection.

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Veröffentlicht in:	CASE (Philadelphia, Pa.) Pa.), 2022-08, Vol.6 (6), p.239-242
Hauptverfasser:	Lane, Conor M., Young, Kathleen A., Norton, Mark S., Bennett, Courtney E., Anavekar, Nandan S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anticoagulation Cardiac Tumors and Pseudotumors Point-of-care echocardiography Pulmonary embolism Right heart thrombus
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Zusammenfassung:	[Display omitted] •Right heart thrombi are associated with high early mortality in PE.•POCUS allows rapid assessment in hemodynamic compromise and suspected PE.•Triple POCUS assessment of the lung, heart, and leg veins may improve PE detection.
ISSN:	2468-6441 2468-6441
DOI:	10.1016/j.case.2022.04.013