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

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Published in Case Rep Pulmonol on August 31, 2015

Authors

Gyanendra Kumar Acharya1, Ajibola Monsur Adedayo1, Hejmadi Prabhu2, Derek R Brinster3, Parvez Mir4

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11237, USA.
2: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11237, USA.
3: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, New York, NY 10075, USA.
4: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11237, USA.

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