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Dial Into Correct Transcatheter Therapy Solution

Published on Tue Sep 27, 2022

Question: My cardiologist diagnosed the patient with acute saddle pulmonary embolism with acute cor pulmonale. They inserted EKOS catheters in bilateral pulmonary arteries for catheter-directed thrombolysis. After obtaining informed consent, the patient was prepped and draped in sterile fashion. My cardiologist inserted two 6-French glide sheaths in the right internal jugular artery under fluoroscopy and ultrasound guidance. They used a 5-French [...]
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