Vacuum thrombectomy of large right atrial thrombus

✍ Scribed by Yuriy Dudiy; Itzhak Kronzon; Howard A. Cohen; Carlos E. Ruiz

• Book ID: 101828270
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 498 KB
• Volume: 79
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1522-1946
• DOI: 10.1002/ccd.23190

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

We report a novel technique for percutaneous removal of the right heart thrombi using a suction cannula. This method allowed complete en bloc removal of the right atrial thrombus avoiding surgical procedure in a high risk patient. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.