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Right heart thrombi in pulmonary embolism

Results from the international cooperative pulmonary embolism registry

Adam Torbicki, MD^*,*, Nazzareno Galié, MD, Anna Covezzoli, BS, Elisa Rossi, BS, Marisa De Rosa, PhD, Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD ICOPER Study Group

^* Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Warsaw, Poland
Institute of Cardiology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
CINECA Interuniversity Consortium, Bologna, Italy
Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

View larger version (20K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 The International Cooperative Pulmonary Embolism Registry (ICOPER) database as a source of information on the presence (+) or absence (–) of right heart thrombi (RHTh). pts = patients.

View larger version (11K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Three months’ survival according to the presence (+) or absence (–) of right heart thrombi (RHTh) at echocardiographic examination in a patient with acute pulmonary embolism.