Right Heart Transvalvular Embolus with High Risk Pulmonary Embolism in a Recently Hospitalized Patient: A Case Report of a Therapeutic Challenge

<div>Postoperative demonstration of (a) a large (~25 cm) pulmonary embolus<i> en bloc</i> (bold arrow) retrieved from the right and left pulmonary arteries; (b) a long segment of embolus (doted arrow) traversing along tricuspid valve (TV). Both of them were removed in the same open embolectomy under cardiopulmonary bypass procedure.</div>

Case Reports in Pulmonology

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Figure 4: Right Heart Transvalvular Embolus with High Risk Pulmonary Embolism in a Recently Hospitalized Patient: A Case Report of a Therapeutic Challenge 

Figure 4 | Right Heart Transvalvular Embolus with High Risk Pulmonary Embolism in a Recently Hospitalized Patient: A Case Report of a Therapeutic Challenge 