id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_r3rqkgtqxjfufcktlht2ja5xdm U. Vaid Thrombolytic Therapy in a Patient With Suspected Pulmonary Embolism Despite a Negative Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiogram 2011 3 .pdf application/pdf 1586 158 48 Massive pulmonary embolism is associated with a mortality of up to 65% acutely.1 We present a patient who had a negative multidetector computed tomography (CT) angiogram but was nevertheless thrombolysed for acute pulmonary embolism. Urvashi Vaid MD and Michael Baram MD are affiliated with the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. high clinical probability of acute pulmonary embolism, he An emergency brain CT revealed recent left middle and posterior cerebral artery infarctions, with a 15-mm midline shift (Fig. 2), confirmed Pressure overload from pulmonary embolism, resultant myocardial ischemia, poor left-ventricular filling Notably, 40% of patients with a high clinical probability of pulmonary embolism had a negative CT acute pulmonary embolism resulted in high right-side Regional right ventricular dysfunction detected by echocardiography in acute pulmonary embolism. THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY IN A PATIENT WITH SUSPECTED PULMONARY EMBOLISM THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY IN A PATIENT WITH SUSPECTED PULMONARY EMBOLISM ./cache/work_r3rqkgtqxjfufcktlht2ja5xdm.pdf ./txt/work_r3rqkgtqxjfufcktlht2ja5xdm.txt