Right heart thrombus

Brief Communication

Outcomes With Treatment Interventions for Clot-In-Transit in Patients With Pulmonary Embolism: A Meta-Analysis

05/21/2024

Muhammad Haisum Maqsood, MD, MS¹; Robert S. Zhang, MD²; David M. Zlotnick, MD³; Sahil A. Parikh, MD⁴; Sripal Bangalore, MD, MHA²

Muhammad Haisum Maqsood, MD, MS1; Rob...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the pooled efficacy of each of the 4 interventions (anticoagulation alone, systemic thrombolytic therapy, surgical thrombectomy, and catheter-based thrombectomy) using mortality as the primary outcome.

The aim of this study was to...

05/21/2024

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Right Atrial Vacuum-Assisted Thrombectomy: Single-Center Experience

05/01/2016

Sean R. Wilson , MD;

Edward R. DeLaney , MS;

Vladimir Jelnin , MD;

Itzhak Kronzon , MD;

Gila Perk , MD;

Jonathan M. Hemli , MD;

Nirav C. Patel , MD;

Suhail Raoof , MD;

Carlos E. Ruiz , MD, PhD;

Ahmed Al Badri , MD;

Chad Kliger , MS, MD;

Dillon Weiss , BS;

Luigi Pirelli , MD;

The optimal therapy for thrombi-in-transit remains controversial. We report our experience using percutaneous removal of right heart thrombus using vacuum aspiration.

The optimal therapy for...

05/01/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology