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  • Title: Thrombolytic Therapy of Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism Using Swan-Ganz Pulmonary Artery Catheter.
    Author: Espina I, Varon J, Lin PH.
    Journal: Ann Vasc Surg; 2017 Aug; 43():315.e9-315.e12. PubMed ID: 28479425.
    Abstract:
    Acute massive pulmonary embolism (PE) is associated with high fatality, and catheter-directed thrombolytic therapy has been shown to be an efficacious treatment for this condition. We herein report a patient who developed acute massive PE but could not undergo the conventional catheter-directed thrombolytic therapy. A Swan-Ganz pulmonary artery catheter was placed at bedside to initiate immediate thrombolytic infusion, which resulted in dramatic clinical improvement. This report underscores a potential role of thrombolytic therapy via a transjugular pulmonary artery catheter in patients with acute massive PE who could not undergo the conventional catheter-based thrombolytic intervention.
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