id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-341060-otvoo99j Alharthy, Abdulrahman Thrombolysis in severe COVID-19 pneumonia with massive pulmonary embolism 2020-07-30 .txt text/plain 913 72 48 Keywords: COVID-19, massive pulmonary embolism, thrombolysis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, point-of-care ultrasound. Recently, a preliminary analysis of a large US cohort of critically ill patients with severe novel SARS-CoV-2 disease (COVID-19) has suggested the benefit of systemic anticoagulation on their J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f anticoagulation in patients with severe COVID-19, and Padua prediction score ≥4 or D-dimer>3.0 μg/mL has been previously suggested due to the increased occurrence of pulmonary embolism (PE) [3, 4] . Point-of-care-cardiac ultrasound modified four-chamber view (day-2) revealing a large thrombus in a dysfunctional right heart "en-route" to the pulmonary circulation in our critically ill COVID-19 patient. Point-of-care-cardiac ultrasound modified four-chamber view (day-5) depicting no thrombi in the right heart, and normalization of right ventricular function in our critically ill COVID-19 patient. Anticoagulant treatment is associated with decreased mortality in severe coronavirus disease 2019 patients with coagulopathy ./cache/cord-341060-otvoo99j.txt ./txt/cord-341060-otvoo99j.txt