Saddle pulmonary embolism visualized by real time three-dimensional echocardiography.

Julide Yagmur, Halil Atas, Mehmet Cansel, Erdal Akturk, Ozkan Yetkin

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey. julideyagmur@hotmail.com

Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) 2012

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Saddle pulmonary embolism is defined as a visible thromboembolus straddling the bifurcation of the main pulmonary artery. It is very unusual to visualize a pulmonary artery thrombus on transthoracic echocardiography. We describe a case of a saddle embolus of the main pulmonary artery visualized by real time three-dimensional echocardiography and successfully treated with intravenous unfractionated heparin, followed by oral anticoagulation achieving a complete dissolution of the thrombus. © 2011, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Julide Yagmur, Halil Atas, Mehmet Cansel, Erdal Akturk, Ozkan Yetkin. Saddle pulmonary embolism visualized by real time three-dimensional echocardiography. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.). 2012;29(1):E8-9