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ArticleEuropean heart journal. Case reports2024

Ultrasound-assisted catheter-directed thrombolysis in a patient with COVID-19 infection and bilateral intermediate-to-high-risk pulmonary embolism: a case report.

Grigorios Korosoglou, Dimitrios Mouselimis, Elke Koenig, Stavros Konstantinides

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Article in European heart journal. Case reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Grigorios KorosoglouDepartment of Cardiology, GRN Hospital Weinheim, Vascular Medicine & Pneumology, Röntgenstrasse 1, 69469 Weinheim, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6038-2253
Dimitrios MouselimisDepartment of Cardiology, GRN Hospital Weinheim, Vascular Medicine & Pneumology, Röntgenstrasse 1, 69469 Weinheim, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0266-302X
Elke KoenigDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, GRN Hospital Weinheim, Weinheim, Germany.
Stavros KonstantinidesCenter for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
H.W. & J. Hector Stiftung · DEDemocritus University of Thrace · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common cardiovascular disorder, potentially associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. Case summary: Herein, we report on a patient with COVID-19 infection and bilateral PE, who presented after cardiovascular resuscitation with return of spontaneous circulation. Initially, an acute coronary syndrome was suspected but bedside echocardiography showed dilatation of the right ventricle (RV) and RV dysfunction, helping to establish the diagnosis of acute intermediate-to-high-risk PE, which was subsequently confirmed by contrast-enhanced computed tomography pulmonary angiography. The patient was successfully treated using low-dose (12 mg of tissue plasminogen) ultrasound-assisted catheter-directed thrombolysis, which resulted in prompt clinical improvement and reversal of RV dysfunction without bleeding complications. Discussion: This case demonstrates the importance of echocardiography for the differential diagnosis of PE and of catheter-directed thrombolysis for its treatment in patients with intermediate-to-high-risk and high-risk PEs.

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Case reportComputed tomography angiographyCOVID-19Intermediate-to-high-risk pulmonary embolismRight ventricular dilatationUltrasound-assisted catheter-directed thrombolysis

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PMCPMC10787366
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