Texas Heart Institute journal
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Review Case Reports
Percutaneous Embolectomy of Serpentine Thrombus from the Right Atrium in a 51-Year-Old Man.
Treatment of large, fresh thrombi in the vascular system can be challenging. AngioVac, a cardiopulmonary pump system, has been used to remove large thrombi and even some tumors by a percutaneous route. ⋯ Because the surgical risk was high, we attempted percutaneous embolectomy via the AngioVac aspiration system. We also review the literature concerning this emerging technique.