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. 2020 Jan;36(1):81-83.
doi: 10.6515/ACS.202001_36(1).20190823A.

A Walking Thrombus

Luca Monzo  1   2 , Elisa Silvetti  1 , Luciano Maresca  3 , Roberta Della Bona  1 , Ermenegildo De Ruvo  1 , Leonardo Calò  1
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A Walking Thrombus

Luca Monzo et al. Acta Cardiol Sin. 2020 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac pacing; Computed tomography; Echocardiography; Pulmonary embolism; Thrombus.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
(A) Transthoracic echocardiography image in apical four-chamber view showing pacemaker lead thrombus. Transoesophageal echocardiography image in: (B) four-chamber view, (C) bicaval view and (D) short axis view showing the absence of any mass on the pacemaker lead. AO, aortic root; IVC, inferior vena cava; LA, left atrium; LV, left ventricle; RA, right atrium; RV, right ventricle; SVC, superior vena cava.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Computed tomography pulmonary angiogram showing right pulmonary artery embolism (arrow).
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