Noninvasive diagnosis and treatment of a saddle pulmonary embolism. A case report in support of new trends in management of pulmonary embolism

Chest. 1996 Apr;109(4):1124-6. doi: 10.1378/chest.109.4.1124.

Abstract

Transesophageal echocardiography and contrast-enhanced spiral CT of the chest helped to avoid a pulmonary angiography in an elderly patient with saddle pulmonary thromboembolism and allowed for direct evaluation of its resolution during treatment with subcutaneous low molecular weight heparin.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Contrast Media
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / administration & dosage
  • Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Injections, Subcutaneous
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis*
  • Pulmonary Embolism / drug therapy*
  • Radiographic Image Enhancement
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*

Substances

  • Contrast Media
  • Fibrinolytic Agents
  • Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight